verb To try to win someone's affection, love, or support.
- The new cafe tried to woo local customers with free samples.
- They're trying to woo the customers back with this new mobile plan.
- Behind this carefully crafted strategy of wooing Trump is a desire from Gulf states to solidify and formalize their positions as the US’ indispensable security and economic partners, and extract as much benefit for themselves as they can.
— Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, Trump is visiting three of the world’s richest nations. Here’s what’s on their wish list (2025)
- He spent months trying to woo her with flowers and letters.
- The company wooed top engineers with huge signing bonuses.
