egg on

Signification (English)

To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

Étymologie (English)

* From Middle English eggen (“to incite; urge on; instigate”), from Old Norse eggja (“to incite”), from egg (“edge”). More at edge. * A variant of the archaic "edge on."

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