Pretend to persuade worker to keep covering back
I believe the answer is:
makebelieve
'pretend' is the definition.
(I know that pretend can be written as make-believe)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for makebelieve that I've seen before include "Pretended" , "Pretence" , "to convert to Christianity?" .)