Liliputin-4899

By egging Trump on, Rudi Giuliani ends up having egg on his face ... "
Joe Biden

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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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;/

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.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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 University

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having egg on one's face

Meaning of have egg on your face in English have egg on your face idiom informal If you have egg on your face, you look stupid because of something that you have done.
US/
What Does Egg on Your Face Mean?
Egg on Your Face Meaning Definition:
To feel embarrassed; to have made a fool of oneself.

with egg on one's face
idiom: appearing foolish usually because something one said would happen has not happened.

The unexpected election result left a lot of journalists with egg on their faces.