Goad and Match

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

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Match and goad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Match" instead a verb "Goad".

Nearby Words: goaded, goading

Match verb - To be the exact counterpart of.

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Goad and match are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Goad" instead a verb "Match".

Nearby Words: matched, matching, matcher

rest	goad rest	match rest
species	goad species	match species

We see one match, which swiftly devolves to the fighters, on opposite sides of the ring, trying to goad each other into attack with repeated Bring It On gestures.

Source: Bring It
In Chapter 2 of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha INNOCENT, Lord Dearche manages to goad a reluctant Alicia into joining the team match by calling her, well...

Source: Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"!
McMahon would then spend the following weeks verbally abusing Hart, until he finally managed to goad him into a No Holds Barred match for Wrestlemania XXVI.

Source: Batman Gambit / Pro Wrestling

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