egg on

pousser, encourager

Pousser quelqu’un à faire quelque chose, souvent de risqué ou d’insensé.

En anglais simple : To encourage someone to do something, often something risky or foolish.

• His friends egged him on.
• The crowd egged her on to climb higher.
• Stop egging your brother on; he could get hurt.

Comment l'utiliser : egg someone on to do something (His friends egged him on to jump into the river.)

Synonymes : encourage, urge on, goad

Contraires : discourage, deter

Expressions courantes : egg someone on, egg someone on further