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urge sb on

phrasal verb with urge
 
/ɜːdʒ/
 
US  /ɝːdʒ/ verb [I or T]

Definition

C2 to encourage someone to do or achieve something: The crowd was cheering and urging her on all through the race.Encouraging and urging onInspiration and inspiring
(Definition of urge sb on from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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