Congress also wants to use a carrot and stick approach to force both sides to negotiate an end to the war.
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Carrot and stick — (also spelled carrot and stick ) [American Heritage Dictionary, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/89/C0128900.html Entry for carrot and stick ] ] is an idiom that refers to a policy of offering a reward for making progress towards benchmarks or goals… … Wikipedia
carrot and stick — Incentive and punishment, as alternative methods of persuasion • • • Main Entry: ↑carrot carrot and stick see under ↑carrot • • • Main Entry: ↑stick * * * carrot and stick phrase a mixture of promises and threats to persuade someone to do… … Useful english dictionary
carrot and stick — If someone offers a carrot and stick, they offer an incentive to do something combined with the threat of punishment … The small dictionary of idiomes
carrot and stick — If someone offers a carrot and stick, they offer an incentive to do something combined with the threat of punishment. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you use a carrot and stick approach, you use the promise of reward and the threat… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
carrot-and-stick — if you use a carrot and stick method to make someone do something, you both offer rewards and threaten punishments. I ve had to take the carrot and stick approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get. (always… … New idioms dictionary
carrot-and-stick — adjective Etymology: from the traditional alternatives of driving a donkey on by either holding out a carrot or whipping it with a stick Date: 1876 characterized by the use of both reward and punishment to induce cooperation < carrot and stick… … New Collegiate Dictionary
carrot-and-stick — car·rot and stick (kărʹət ən stĭkʹ) adj. Combining a promised reward with a threatened penalty: took a carrot and stick approach to the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. * * * … Universalium
carrot and stick — {n. phr.} The promise of reward and threat of punishment, both at the same time. * /John s father used the carrot and stick when he talked about his low grades./ … Dictionary of American idioms
carrot and stick — {n. phr.} The promise of reward and threat of punishment, both at the same time. * /John s father used the carrot and stick when he talked about his low grades./ … Dictionary of American idioms
carrot\ and\ stick — n. phr. the promise of reward and threat of punishment, both at the same time. John s father used the carrot and stick when he talked about his low grades … Словарь американских идиом
