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Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old Norse
Origin: eggja

egg

2 verb
     
egg2

egg somebody ↔ on

phrasal verb
to encourage someone to do something, especially something that they do not want to do or should not do:
Bob didn't want to jump, but his friends kept egging him on.
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