egg on

• Verbe à particule signifiant encourager ou pousser quelqu'un à faire quelque chose, souvent audacieux ou risqué, parfois en le provoquant ou en l'excitant.

A phrasal verb used to indicate encouraging or urging someone to do something, often something bold or risky.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Encourage or urgeinformal

   To encourage someone to do something, often something risky or bold.

   Encourager, pousser à

   • His friends egged him on to jump into the pool.
   • She egged on her brother to ask for a raise.
   • The crowd egged on the performer to do another trick.

   Synonymesdriveencourageexhortgoadinciteprodpromptpushspururge

   Antonymesdeterdiscouragedissuadeinhibit

Verbe de baseegg