egg sb on
— phrasal verb with egg /eɡ/ verbDefinition
› to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea: Don't egg him on! He gets himself into enough trouble without your encouragement.Encouraging and urging onInspiration and inspiring
(Definition of egg sb on from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abet verb
- barrack for sb phrasal verb
- bring sb out phrasal verb
- buddy noun
- cheer sb on phrasal verb
- cultivate verb (DEVELOP)
- gee sb up phrasal verb
- get in there! idiom
- good/great stuff! idiom
- goose verb (MAKE ACTIVE)
- hide your light under a bushel idiom
- muster verb (PRODUCE)
- pave the way idiom
- pep talk noun
- permit verb
- prepare the ground idiom
- prod verb
- root for sb phrasal verb
- stimulus noun
- stoke verb
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