Won Over
If someone has been won over, that person has been convinced.
In negotiations, someone who has been won over has been convinced to approve the deal.
Since this can only be truly explained in context, let's review today's earlier idioms with the passage below.
Example: President Barack Obama’s tax-cut deal likely will squeak through the Senate, according to congressional aides, propelled by a coalition of Republicans, moderate Democrats and members won over by last-minute tax sweeteners.
Sweeteners
In food, a sweetener is something added to food to make it sweeter, like sugar or a sugar substitute. In politics and business, a sweetener for a deal is something added to make a deal more tolerable to individuals who must approve it.
A related term is palatable. This is a fancy word for "something you can eat without suffering," so you add a sweetener to a deal to make it palatable (not easier to eat, but easier to approve). Often, we say more palatable here (indicating the deal is more acceptable, rather than less).
Of course, if we want to say less palatable, we do.
Example: President Barack Obama’s tax-cut deal likely will squeak through the Senate, according to congressional aides, propelled by a coalition of Republicans, moderate Democrats and members won over by last-minute tax sweeteners.
➤ Read more idioms and phrases, English grammar and vocabulary at Basic English Grammar And Vocabulary .
If someone has been won over, that person has been convinced.
In negotiations, someone who has been won over has been convinced to approve the deal.
Since this can only be truly explained in context, let's review today's earlier idioms with the passage below.
Example: President Barack Obama’s tax-cut deal likely will squeak through the Senate, according to congressional aides, propelled by a coalition of Republicans, moderate Democrats and members won over by last-minute tax sweeteners.
Sweeteners
In food, a sweetener is something added to food to make it sweeter, like sugar or a sugar substitute. In politics and business, a sweetener for a deal is something added to make a deal more tolerable to individuals who must approve it.
A related term is palatable. This is a fancy word for "something you can eat without suffering," so you add a sweetener to a deal to make it palatable (not easier to eat, but easier to approve). Often, we say more palatable here (indicating the deal is more acceptable, rather than less).
Of course, if we want to say less palatable, we do.
Example: President Barack Obama’s tax-cut deal likely will squeak through the Senate, according to congressional aides, propelled by a coalition of Republicans, moderate Democrats and members won over by last-minute tax sweeteners.
➤ Read more idioms and phrases, English grammar and vocabulary at Basic English Grammar And Vocabulary .
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