- badger someone
- If you badger someone into doing something, you persistently nag or pester them until you obtain what you want.
Sophie badgered her parents into buying her a new computer.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
badger someone
Look at other dictionaries:
badger — 1 noun (C) an animal which has black and white fur, lives in holes in the ground, and is active at night 2 verb (T) to try to persuade someone by asking them something several times; pester: The children badgered me into taking them to the cinema … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
badger — [[t]bæ̱ʤə(r)[/t]] badgers, badgering, badgered 1) N COUNT A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night. 2) VERB If you badger someone, you… … English dictionary
badger — ► NOUN ▪ a heavily built nocturnal mammal, typically having a grey and black coat and a white striped head. ► VERB ▪ repeatedly and annoyingly ask (someone) to do something. ORIGIN perhaps from BADGE(Cf. ↑badge), with reference to the animal s… … English terms dictionary
Badger Township, Polk County, Minnesota — Infobox Settlement official name = Badger Township, Minnesota settlement type = Township nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Minnesota… … Wikipedia
badger — badg·er (băj’ər) n. 1) Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as Meles meles of Eurasia or Taxidea taxus of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat. 2) The fur … Word Histories
Badger, Iowa — Infobox Settlement official name = Badger, Iowa settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Badger, Iowa mapsize1 = map caption1 =… … Wikipedia
Badger, South Dakota — Infobox Settlement official name = Badger, South Dakota other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem… … Wikipedia
badger — bad|ger1 [ˈbædʒə US ər] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from badge; because of the white marks on its head] an animal which has black and white fur, lives in holes in the ground, and is active at night badger 2 badger2 v [T] to try to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
badger — I UK [ˈbædʒə(r)] / US [ˈbædʒər] noun [countable] Word forms badger : singular badger plural badgers a wild animal that lives in a hole in the ground and has short legs and thick dark fur with a white area on its head II UK [ˈbædʒə(r)] / US… … English dictionary
Badger, Minnesota — Infobox Settlement official name = Badger, Minnesota settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Badger, Minnesota mapsize1 = map caption1 … Wikipedia
