to egg someone on

to egg someone on

to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea: Don't egg him on! He gets himself into enough trouble without your encouragement.

EGG SOMEONE ON | English meaning
egg someone on
phrasal verb with egg verb
UK  /e;/ US  /e;/
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to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea:
Don't egg him on! He gets himself into enough trouble without your encouragement.
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Encouraging and urging on

(Definition of egg someone on from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
egg on someone | AMERICAN DICTIONARY

phrasal verb with egg verb
US/
 
to encourage someone to do something, esp. something unwise or bad:
Egged on by his top aides, he was determined to win.
(Definition of egg someone on from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge Universi