Synonyms for egg on
egg on

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1. egg onverb

   Synonyms:
   provoke

2. egg onverb

   To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

   Synonyms:
   provoke

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1. prod, incite, egg onverb

   urge on; cause to act

   "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

   Synonyms:
   stab, prod, dig, actuate, instigate, prompt, move, propel, motivate, stir up, jab, nudge, poke at, incite, poke, set off

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1. Groucho Marx:

   I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book. The recipes were to be the routine ones: how to make dry toast, instant coffee, hearts of lettuce and brownies. But as an added attraction, at no extra charge, my idea was to put a fried egg on the cover. I think a lot of people who hate literature but love fried eggs would buy it if the price was right.

2. Alasdair Haynes:

   The initial price was just incorrect, the people with egg on the face here are the advisers.

3. Uma Thurman:

   When I came back from the hospital in a neck brace with my knees damaged and a large massive egg on my head and a concussion, I wanted to see the car and I was very upset. Quentin and I had an enormous fight, and I accused him of trying to kill me. And he was very angry at that, I guess understandably, because he didn’t feel he had tried to kill me.

4. Arizona TikToker Joe Brown:

   Arizonans always say, ‘It’s hot enough to cook an egg on the sidewalk,'.