woo

woo
transitive verb
1) (literary): (court)

woo somebody — um jemanden werben (geh.)

2) (seek to win) umwerben [Kunden, Wähler]

woo away — abwerben [Arbeitskräfte]

* * *
[wu:]
3rd person singular present tense - woos; verb
((of a man) to seek as a wife: He wooed the daughter of the king.) freien um
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woo
[wu:]
vt
1. (attract)
▪ to \woo sb/sth um jdn/etw werben
to \woo customers/voters Kunden/Wähler umwerben
▪ to \woo sb with sth jdn mit etw dat locken
▪ to \woo sb away [from sb/sth] jdn [von jdm/etw] weglocken
to \woo work force Arbeitskräfte abwerben
2. (dated: court)
▪ to \woo sb jdn umwerben, jdm den Hof machen veraltend
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[wuː]
vt
1) (dated: court) woman den Hof machen (+dat), umwerben
2) person umwerben; (fig) stardom, sleep etc suchen; audience etc für sich zu gewinnen versuchen
* * *
woo [wuː] v/t
1. besonders obs werben oder freien um, jemandem den Hof machen
2. fig jemanden
a) umwerben
b) locken, drängen (beide:
to zu)
3. fig etwas zu gewinnen suchen, trachten nach, buhlen um
* * *
transitive verb
1) (literary): (court)

woo somebody — um jemanden werben (geh.)

2) (seek to win) umwerben [Kunden, Wähler]

woo away — abwerben [Arbeitskräfte]

* * *
v.
locken v.
umwerben v.
werben v.
(§ p.,pp.: warb, geworben)

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