Usually means: Encourage enthusiastically during a performance.
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  1. cheer on: Merriam-Webster
  2. cheer on: Wiktionary
  3. cheer on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. cheer on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cheer on)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To cheer and support (a team or individual); to barrack; to root for.

Similar:
get behind, root for, cheerlead, roar on, root, encheer, cheer, pull for, support, affirm, more...

Opposite:
boo, hiss

Phrases:
cheer someone on, to cheer on, more...

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Similar:
get behind, root for, cheerlead, roar on, root, encheer, cheer, pull for, support, affirm, more...

Opposite:
boo, hiss

Phrases:
cheer someone on, to cheer on, more...



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