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goad

1 verb
     
Related topics: Bicycles, Carts, Horses
goad1 [transitive]
1 to make someone do something by annoying or encouraging them until they do it [↪ provoke]
goad somebody into (doing) something
Kathy goaded him into telling her what he had done.
goad somebody on
They goaded him on with insults.
2TTB to push animals ahead of you with a sharp stick
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