tempt

Universal Words into doing sth( 1 to attract sb or make sb want to do or have sth, even if they know it is wrong: [VN] I was tempted by the dessert menu. * Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible. * [VNtoinf] I was tempted to take the day off. 2 to persuade or try to persuade sb to do sth that you want them to do, for example by offering them sth: [VN] How can we tempt young people into engineering? * [VNtoinf] Nothing would tempt me to live here. IDIOMS tempt fate / providence to do sth too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end: She felt it would be tempting fate to try the difficult climb a second time.