egg on


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Related to egg on: egg on your face
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.egg on - urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
prod, incite
goose - prod into action
halloo - urge on with shouts; "halloo the dogs in a hunt"
goad - urge with or as if with a goad
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egg on

verb
To stir to action or feeling:
excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up.
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Translations
noszogat

w>egg on

vt sep → anstacheln; don’t egg him on! → jetzt stachel ihn doch nicht auch noch an!
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