bàn lùi
Definition
- Verb:
- To argue to refuse (to do something): To present reasons or objections in order to avoid or decline a task, request, or suggestion.
- To argue somebody out of doing something: To persuade someone not to do something by presenting counterarguments.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy luôn tìm cách bàn lùi khi được giao việc khó. (He always finds a way to argue his way out when assigned a difficult task.)
- Cô ấy cố bàn lùi việc tham dự buổi họp. (She tried to argue her way out of attending the meeting.)
- Tôi định đi, nhưng bạn tôi bàn lùi. (I intended to go, but my friend argued me out of it.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often implies a deliberate, sometimes evasive, effort to negotiate one's way out of an obligation or commitment through discussion or debate.
Variants and Related Words
- Bàn bạc (v): To discuss, to deliberate (a more neutral term for discussion without the connotation of refusal).
- Từ chối (v): To refuse, to decline (a more direct term for refusal without the element of argument).
Synonyms
- To talk one's way out of: To use persuasive speech to avoid something.
- To weasel out of: To avoid a responsibility in a cunning or deceitful way (informal, carries a negative connotation).
- To dissuade: To persuade someone not to take a particular course of action.
Related Idioms
- Cãi lý để trốn việc: To argue for the sake of shirking work (a descriptive phrase with similar meaning).
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Argue to refuse (to do something); argue somebody out of doing something
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