Appeal to
Appeal to verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.
Both terms in one sentence
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In the episode "Grounds for Divorce", he and Mr Spooner are under instructions to push sales of such glasses, but their attempts to appeal to a customer backfire as he instead sells Mr Humphries his own rainbow plastic-framed glasses for £5.
Source: Making a Spectacle of Yourself -
Appeal to Obscurity: Mike uses this on Vanessa to show what will happen to Eve if they don't push her to succeed at soccer.
Source: Series / Last Man Standing -
American Kirby is Hardcore: The reason for the Big Word Shout, plus a passive-aggressive markting push in North America was to appeal to the teenage gaming market, while Japan had aimed for a more subtile ad campaign.
Source: Useful Notes / Sega Genesis
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