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egging on

VERB

push to do something

Synonyms

WEAK

agitate arouse drive encourage excite exhort goad incite instigate pique prick prod prompt propel rally sic spur stimulate stir up urge whip up

Antonyms

WEAK

discourage dissuade hold back talk out of

Example Sentences

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Some say he was possibly egging on the pitcher or responding to the home team’s rowdy dugout — but some are insistent he was gesturing toward center.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

Katchouk celebrated his third of the season by holding his right hand up to the side of his helmet, egging on the crowd for more noise.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Even in the quietest, most self-questioning songs on “The Record,” boygenius sounds like its members are egging on one another, cheering the boldest moves and pushing past collaboration toward synergy.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

But for the most part, these are the masters, not mistresses, of the universe, egging on Musk to buy Twitter because of the changes he could make or the fun they could all have.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2022

Their English blood was up in a moment two masked figures and hearing them egging on their bravoes with 'Hola, there!

From Stray Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary