work on (v.)
- abuse
- advocate
- affect
- approach
- beset
- besiege
- blandish
- bleed
- bug
- buttonhole
- cajole
- coax
- deceive
- drain
- draw
- dun
- exhort
- exploit
- ill-use
- importune
- influence
- insist
- jawbone
- lobby
- magnetize
- manipulate
- milk
- misuse
- nag
- pester
- plague
- ply
- press
- pressure
- push
- recommend
- soft-soap
- stroke
- sweet-talk
- tease
- treat
- urge
- use
- wheedle