verb [VN]
1 to make food or drinks taste sweeter by adding sugar, etc.
2 ~ sb (up) (informal) to try to make sb more willing to help you, agree to sth, etc. by giving them money, praising them, etc.
3 to make sth more pleasant or acceptable:
The fall in inflation did little to sweeten news of massive job losses.
IDIOMS see PILL
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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