egg someone on

Related to word: egg

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Definition

  1. to urge someone persistently to undertake an action that may be unwise

    • She kept egging him on to join that risky adventure, even though he didn't want to.

    • His friends were egging him on to gamble, but he knew it was not a good idea.

    • Even knowing it was unsafe to climb that tree, his classmates were still egging him on.