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soft sell
1noun
- a method of advertising or selling that is quietly persuasive, subtle, and indirect ( hard sell ).
soft-sell
2[ sawft-sel, soft- ]
verb (used with object)
soft-sold, soft-selling.
- to promote (a product, service, etc.) using indirect or gentle persuasion:
an advertising campaign to soft-sell a new perfume.
adjective
- (of a sales technique) quietly or indirectly persuasive:
a soft-sell approach to marketing.
soft sell
noun
- a method of selling based on indirect suggestion or inducement Compare hard sell
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soft sell1
First recorded in 1950–55
Origin of soft sell2
First recorded in 1950–55
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Idioms and Phrases
see hard sell , def. 1.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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