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EGG ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Urge on; cause to act

Example:

The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window

Synonyms:

egg on; incite; prod

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "egg on"):

goose (prod into action)

halloo (urge on with shouts)

goad (urge with or as if with a goad)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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