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spurred on

spurred on is the simple past and past participle of spur on.

Meaning of spur on

Verb

spur on (third-person singular simple present spurs on, present participle spurring on, simple past and past participle spurred on)

  1. (transitive) To spur or urge (someone) to do something.
    • Initially spurred on by Sukarno himself, Indonesian women had participated actively in the national independence war.2002, Saskia Wieringa, Sexual Politics in Indonesia, page 7

Questions about spurred on

What is spurred on the simple past and past participle of?
Spurred on is the simple past and past participle of spur on.

Words near spurred on in the dictionary

  1. spurns
  2. spurnwater
  3. spurnwaters
  4. Spurr
  5. spurred
  6. spurred on
  7. spurrer
  8. spurrers
  9. spurrest
  10. spurreth
  11. spurrey

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