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eggs 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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One group evolved to lay eggs on land, leading to reptiles, birds, and mammals.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Just to be sure, though, the soldiers cracked two raw chicken eggs on his head and smeared the contents over his body, a traditional method for neutralizing the supernatural.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

But it didn’t make up for what had been a rough season that contained at least two goose eggs on the scoreboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

He said he felt "uncomfortable and unsafe" and that the Mosque had been pelted with eggs on one of the protest days.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

I called Old Yeller off from the house and broke the eggs on a flat rock right under his nose and tried to get him to eat them.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson