Question

\how again was it that you ____ me to do this?\ the boy said to his friend before they jumped out of the plane on their first sky dive. ____ means to talk someone into something, or win someone over. spell the word:

Explanation:

The context indicates a past - tense verb (as the action of convincing happened before the jump) and the meaning "talk someone into something". The word "persuaded" fits both the grammatical (past - tense form of "persuade") and semantic requirements.

Answer:

persuaded