win over
To make someone change their mind and start liking or supporting you.
Meanings
To persuade someone who was previously neutral or opposed to support you, like you, or agree with your ideas.
"The candidate's honest answers in the debate won over many undecided voters."
"We won over the American people because we told them the truth."
— Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention speech, 1996
To gain the affection or enthusiasm of an audience through a performance or personal appeal.
"The young comedian completely won over the tough crowd with her opening joke."
One of the most common and widely used phrasal verbs in this semantic area. Works in all contexts: personal, political, commercial. The object is always a person or group. Very common in political and business discourse.
Commonly used with
Forms
Understand "win over" better
Real video examples
Video examples are being collected. Check back soon.
Want to master this phrasal verb?
Practice "win over" on Looplines