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Discover Ludwig"egged on" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to encourage or provoke someone to do something, often something risky or daring. Example: Despite their protests, the group of friends egged on John to jump off the cliff into the river below.
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egged on
verb
Past participle of egg on
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"Arpaio gets egged on by the national publicity he gets," his wife said.
It's a favorite parlor game in political circles, egged on by Ms. Hutchison's inscrutability.
Grainy cellphone images of a clash with the police in one town egged on the next.
Now one can make the case that America's halfhearted responses have egged on Middle Eastern terrorists.
Indeed, America's protectionism may have egged on France's.
They successfully egged on David Gessler, 15, to jump naked.
Republicans, egged on by their billionaire benefactors, are following suit.
In this it was egged on by the US.
Probably because it has been egged on by the government.
The public, perhaps egged on by the coldest winter since 1995-96, is growing cynical.
Unfortunately next-door Ethiopia, egged on by the Americans, intervened to oust them.
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