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egged on

egged on is the past participle of egg on.

Meaning of egg on

Verb

egg on (third-person singular simple present eggs on, present participle egging on, simple past and past participle egged on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
    • The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 86
    Synonyms:
    provoke

Questions about egged on

What is egged on the past participle of?
Egged on is the past participle of egg on.

Words near egged on in the dictionary

  1. eggeater
  2. eggeaters
  3. Eggebrecht
  4. Eggebrechts
  5. egged
  6. egged on
  7. eggedst
  8. eggel
  9. eggels
  10. Eggelston
  11. Eggelton

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