Egg on and Nudge

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Egg on verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

Usage example: though exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon

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Nudge and egg on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nudge" instead a verb "Egg on".

Nudge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

Usage example: the car salesman nudged me into taking a test-drive, even though I had said that I was just looking

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Egg on and nudge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Egg on" instead a verb "Nudge".

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