Even President Kennedy took a turn as market scapegoat - in 1962 when he jawboned the steel industry into price rollbacks.

Thomas R. Keyes, ‎David Miller: The Global Investor: How to Buy Stocks Around the World, 1990, page 8

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jawboning - The use of presidential admonition as a tool ... “The jawbone method” was the phrase used by Walter Heller, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in 1962... The word jawboning invites the citation of Samson's boast (Judges 15:16): "With the jawbone of an ass ... have I slain a thousand men"

William Safire, Safire's Political Dictionary, 2008, page 363

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jawbone: to speak forcefully and persuasively to

jawboned them into accepting the deal

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jawbone: To try to influence or pressure through strong persuasion, especially to urge to comply voluntarily.

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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jawbone: to influence by persuasion, esp. by public appeal.

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 ... jawbone

verb [ I or T ]

US informal

uk  /ˈdʒɔː.bəʊn/   us /ˈdʒɑː.boʊn/

to talk to someone, especially to try to persuade them to do something:

Congresswoman Weintrob jawboned local officials about their responsibilities toward the immigrant community.

Synonym   schmooze informal ...

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 ... jawbone in American English

(ˈdʒɔˌboʊn )

 ... verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈjawˌboned or ˈjawˌboning US

2. to attempt to persuade by using one's high office or position to apply pressure, as the President might in proposing price and wage controls to business and labor ...

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