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eggs on

eggs on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 eggs on

What is eggs on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Eggs on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of egg on.

Words near eggs on in the dictionary

  1. eggs in moonshine
  2. eggs in one's beer
  3. eggs in the basket
  4. eggs Neptune
  5. eggs of Columbus
  6. eggs on
  7. eggs on horseback
  8. eggs rancheros
  9. eggs royale
  10. eggs Sardou
  11. eggs-in-a-basket

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