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  2. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › to+badger+someoneTo badger someone - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

    To pester or nag one into doing something. Now that I have my driver's license, my little sister is constantly trying to badger me into taking her places. Did you get badgered into coming to this boring lecture today? The kids keep trying to badger me taking them the amusement park. I told them that we can talk once their rooms are clean.

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  3. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 35095"Badger someone" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    The Oxford English Dictionary gives for "badger, v(erb). 2": trans . To bait, hound; to subject to persistent harassment or persecution; to pester, bother; (in later use freq.) to ply with repeated and irritating requests to do something.

  4. www.thehindu.com › books › know-your-englishWhat is the meaning of ‘to badger someone’? - The Hindu

    Oct 1, 2012 · It means to pester someone. When you ‘badger someone into doing something’, you keep annoying or bothering the person till he becomes frustrated and agrees to do what you want him to.

  5. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › badger+somebodyBadger somebody - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

    To pester or nag one into doing something. Now that I have my driver's license, my little sister is constantly trying to badger me into taking her places. Did you get badgered into coming to this boring lecture today? The kids keep trying to badger me taking them the amusement park. I told them that we can talk once their rooms are clean.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › badgerBadger - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If you badger someone, you get under their skin. A badger is an animal that digs tunnels under ground to keep warm. To badger can also mean to persuade someone through constant annoying efforts.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBADGERING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly: Stop badgering me - I'll do it when I'm ready. [ + into + -ing verb ] She's been badgering me into do ing some exercise. [ + to infinitive ] Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets. Synonym. pester.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionbadger verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    to put pressure on somebody by repeatedly asking them questions or asking them to do something synonym pester. badger somebody (into doing something) I finally badgered him into coming with us. badger somebody about something Reporters constantly badger her about her private life.