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Egg on Moderate

Egg on has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

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Verb
1

urge on; cause to act

"The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

2

To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

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Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
goose halloo goad
Rhyming Words
in on go on pin on let on not on hop on man on run on tie on mid on put on set on try on sit on bet on get on yak on fly on hot on act on
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