win over

phrasal verb

won over; winning over; wins over

: to persuade (someone) to accept and support something (such as an idea) after opposing it

They eventually won him over with some persuasive arguments.

Examples of win over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Castillo smashed a towering walk-off, eighth-inning blast that over the right-field fence to give the Matadors their first-ever CIF San Diego Section baseball championship with a 5-3 win over Kearny in the Division 5 final at UCSD’s Triton Field. —

Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024 Davon Banks had two tackles and four pass breakups for the University of Washington in a 56-19 win over Boise State on Sept. 2, 2023. —

Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024 Acuff at the event in Indianapolis scored 29 points in a win over the NW Rotary Rebels, 27 points against Mac Irvin Fire and 22 against the Oakland Soldiers. —

Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024 The club’s 6-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium featured all those familiar, one-sided hallmarks. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024 Shafer Dando, Piedmont baseball: Dando totaled two hits and four RBIs in Piedmont’s 5-0 win over Hercules in the second round of the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs. —

Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024 Polling shows Biden faces headwinds to win over some young and Black voters who voted for him in 2020, and protests erupted in recent months on college campuses across the United States over the president's handling of the war in Gaza. —

Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 May 2024 Chris Kreider: The forward leads the Rangers with seven goals, three of which came in the third period of the Rangers’ Game 6 win over the Hurricanes. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024 But this is a different and spirited Buccaneers team led by rejuvenated quarterback Baker Mayfield, who spurred them to a divisional round win over the Eagles in last year’s playoffs. —

Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024

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