Mr Suzuki persuaded his son to drop his plan to study abroad.

I tried to talk him out of the project, but in vain.

He argued his daughter out of marrying Tom.

He tried to break his son's habit of smoking.

It is next to impossible to make him stop smoking.

I couldn't get him to stop smoking.

We must stop him from doing such stupid things.

I scared him out of cheating on the exam.

I got him to stop smoking.

I have tried to discourage him from going abroad.

I talked my wife out of buying a new carpet.

I gave the dog a bone, stopping its barking.

I tried to put an end to the quarrel.

We lured him away from the company by offering him a much larger salary.

We stopped the child from getting into mischief.

I wish to resign from my work for purely personal reasons.

I talked my wife out of buying a new car.

The police broke up the fight.

It is no use trying to talk him out of his plan.

The doctor persuaded him to give up smoking.