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Soft-soap (Verb)

Use flattering talk on somebody.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

She always soft-soaps the customers with compliments to get them to buy more from the store.
The manager is soft-soaping the employees, trying to reassure them about their job security despite the looming layoffs.
His employees felt that he was soft-soaping his own mistakes, deflecting blame from himself.
She knew he was soft-soaping her, trying to win her over with cute facial expressions and charming talk.
It's clear that he is just soft-soaping his critics with empty promises to delay taking any real action.

Persuade someone through flattery.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

He tried to soft-soap his boss into giving him a raise, but it didn't work.
The salesperson attempted to soft-soap the customer into buying the more expensive model.
She knew he was just trying to soft-soap her, but she couldn't resist his charming words.
He was accused of soft-soaping the investors to secure funding for his project.
The politician was criticized for soft-soaping the crowd with empty promises during her campaign speech.