soften up's Usage Examples:

During the First Balkan War, Chetniks were used as a vanguard to soften up the enemy forward of advancing armies, for attacks on communications behind.

The technique was used to "soften up" detainees prior to interrogation.

the main army to harass, delay, disrupt supply lines, and generally "soften up" an enemy before the main battle.

The 5751 is a modified version of the 12AX7 and is used to "soften up a harsh modern amp".

artillery pieces on a hill to the north east of the bridge, allowing them to soften up the Parliamentarian defences.

The apples should soften up before they are done.

224 Group RAF which bombed and strafed to soften up the beaches.

assault was preceded by a massive artillery bombardment that was meant to soften up the Union defense and silence its artillery, but was largely ineffective.

T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against "Bulldogs soften up Ironmen".

It can also be used to soften up the attack of the drum and/or percussion instruments.

In order to soften up the rebel positions and to try to silence Radio Santo Domingo TV, the.

leaves, young stems and young inflorescences are used for stew, as they soften up readily in cooking.

to play in the third conference after the Games and Amusements Board soften up on its stand.

amount of warm water and palm oil is added and mixed with the hand to soften up.

organizes an apartment workers' strike, which eventually forces his boss to soften up.

to harden but if it is left at room temperature for a while, it will soften up again.

He continued to grapple and soften up Alessio with punches until the end of the round.

Lucy shadowing Denise, while the former ending up teaching the latter to soften up a little.

At 06:00 she commenced a scheduled shore bombardment to soften up Japanese defenses ahead of the landings.

It was hoped that the preliminary naval and air bombardments would soften up the beach defences and destroy coastal strong points.

Synonyms:

current;

Antonyms:

noncurrent; styleless;