wind someone around your little finger

wind someone around your little finger
twist/wind/someone around your little finger informal phrase
to easily persuade someone to do what you want

She’s a woman who can wrap men around her little finger.

Thesaurus: to encourage someone to do or to not do somethingsynonym
Main entry: little finger

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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