egg on

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar que alguém incentiva ou instiga outra pessoa a fazer algo, frequentemente algo ousado ou arriscado.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Encourage or urgeinformal

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

   Instigar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdriveencourageexhortgoadinciteprodpromptpushspururge

   Antônimosdeterdiscouragedissuadeinhibit

Verbo baseegg