1. urge on; cause to act; - Example: "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" [syn: prod, incite, egg on]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
egg on
v 1: urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy
on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the
window" [syn: prod, incite, egg on]