Usually means: Persuading through public speech, pressure.
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  1. jawboning: Merriam-Webster
  2. jawboning: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. jawboning: Wordnik
  5. jawboning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. jawboning: Wiktionary
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  8. Jawboning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. jawboning: Medical dictionary

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  1. jawboning: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See jawbone as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (jawboning)

noun:  Persistent persuasive talk, particularly (politics, economics) talk that includes implied threats of punitive action, such as tighter government regulation.

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