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spur on

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spur someone on
to urge someone onward; to egg someone on. (Fig. on applying spurs to a horse.) The crowd spurred the runners on throughout the race. The cheering spurred on the runners.
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spur somebody/something on also spur on somebody/something
to encourage someone or something I yelled at the dog to drop my hat, but that seemed to spur him on to chew it up. Having more women in government may spur on other women with an interest in entering politics.
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Truly, the Lord was with him thus to spur on so broken-spirited a creature as Narau.
 
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