English Explanatory Dictionary

soften someone's cough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To completely negate or undermine someone's argument or position on a topic.
  2. To humble or humiliate; put someone in his place.
  3. To ease or sooth someone's cough.

Word forms

soften someone's cough softens someone's cough softening someone's cough softened someone's cough
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