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spur on

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spur someone/something on
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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