Definition of "jawboned" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone. (verb)

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• "Did we overlook when you "jawboned" the medical establishment (with private, sweetheart deals) or when top aides, invariably representing the "fortunate few," offered blarney but no job creation to "hardworking people" no longer working, hard or otherwise."
• "Halladay, who jawboned his way into being traded to a contending team so he finally could pitch in the playoffs, made a stunning debut, culminating with a dribbler in front of home plate that catcher Carlos Ruiz pounced on and threw to first for the final out."
• "To his detractors, Gideon was dangerous—a pie-in-the-sky slave to political correctness who thought the enemies of Western civilization could be jawboned into holding hands and singing “Kumbaya.”"