Usually means: Encourage someone to do something.
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  1. egg on: Merriam-Webster
  2. egg on: Vocabulary.com
  3. egg on: Wiktionary
  4. egg on: Dictionary.com
  5. egg on: Rhymezone
  6. egg on: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. egg on: Phrasal Verb Page
  8. egg on: FreeDictionary.org
  9. egg on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. Egg On: The Word Detective
  11. egg on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. egg on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. egg on: Encyclopedia

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  1. egg on: Idioms

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  1. Egg on: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (egg on)

▸ verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

Similar:
incite, prod, put up to, halloo, instigate, edge, cattle prod, put up, goad, spur on, more...

Types:
sunny side up, over easy, over hard, scrambled, poached, soft-boiled, hard-boiled, more...

Phrases:
egg on one's face, egg on ones face, with egg on face, with egg on one's face, with egg on ones face, more...

Adjectives:
woo, worst, outland, set up, try, addle, best, lag, foist, put-upon, man

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Similar:
incite, prod, put up to, halloo, instigate, edge, cattle prod, put up, goad, spur on, more...

Types:
sunny side up, over easy, over hard, scrambled, poached, soft-boiled, hard-boiled, more...

Phrases:
egg on one's face, egg on ones face, with egg on face, with egg on one's face, with egg on ones face, egg on face, to egg on, egg her on, to egg someone on, egg on the face, egg someone on, egg on my face, more...

Adjectives:
woo, worst, outland, set up, try, addle, best, lag, foist, put-upon, man



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