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soft soap
noun
1.
Informal. persuasive talk; flattery: to use soft soap to get one's way.
2.
the semifluid soap produced when potassium hydroxide is used in the saponification of a fat or an oil.
Origin:
1625–35
1625–35
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Soft-soap
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| chat, to converse |
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
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soft soap definition
Flattery: “Mary asked the boss to stop giving her a lot of soft soap about her performance and to start leveling with her like any other employee.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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