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eggs (on)verbpresent tense third-person singular of egg (on) to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of actionthough exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon encourages, exhorts, goads, nudges, presses, prods, prompts, urges drives, propels, spurs, stimulateshurries, hustles, pushes, rushesadjures, beseeches, implores, importunesblandishes, cajoles, coaxes, soft-soaps, wheedleshigh-pressures, nags, needles, pressuresfoments, incites, instigates, provokes, stirs (up) deters, discourages, dissuadesbrakes, checks, constrains, curbs, holds back, inhibits, restrains |