What is another word for egging on?

“The nurse should be careful not to be too optimistic about his seeming spurt of energy, and should not egg him on into an ever-increasing cycle of activities.”

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your dander up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

getting a rise out of

getting across

rubbing the wrong way

getting under one's skin

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting on someone's nerves

arousing

getting on someone's wick

making someone's blood boil

boiling

putting someone's back up

getting in someone's hair

stirring up

getting someone's dander up

baiting

losing one's temper

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's back up

ruffling someone's feathers

getting someone

making sore

blowing up

rattling someone's cage

acerbating

getting on one's nerves

embittering

crazing

getting up someone's nose

burning

getting under someone's skin

getting someone's goat

agonizing^US

giving someone a hard time

cursing

anguishing

agonising^UK

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

terrorizing^US

breathing down someone's neck

terrorising^UK

bending someone's ear

criticizing^US

brutalizing^US

tantalizing^US

brutalising^UK

tantalising^UK

rubbing you up the wrong way

criticising^UK

causing agony to

making things hot for someone

dishonoring^US

sticking in one's craw

getting in one's hair

setting one's teeth on edge

jarring on

nailing to a cross

taking advantage of

driving you up the wall

getting on somebody's nerves

wearing on

doing an injustice to

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

ruffling one's feathers

getting your hackles up

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

putting your nose out of joint

mixing up

wigging

trying the patience of

bringing pressure to bear on

ridiculing

jarring upon

setting your teeth on edge

trying one's patience

rubbing one the wrong way

inflicting anguish on

upsetting the apple cart

getting in the hair of

razzing

getting on the nerves of

taking the mickey out of

taking the piss out of

messing with

nailing to cross

hanging on a cross

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

boning

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

getting across someone

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone the works

inflicting pain on

working over

inflicting suffering on

stepping on the toes of

storming

sieging

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

giving one the business

leaving no stone unturned

searching high heaven

libeling^US

libelling^UK

playing the heavy with

messing over

riding roughshod over

demonizing^US

making it hot for someone

exiling

sticking the knife into

expelling

dragooning

getting the knife into

doing a disservice to

demonising^UK

having your knife into

finding fault

moaning on at

keeping complaining to

taking it out on

moaning at

egging

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Present participle for to advise earnestly

counselling^UK

counseling^US

putting the screws on

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

enquiring^UK

giving the command to

keying up

speeding up

strong-arming

putting the screws to

asking authoritatively

twisting someone's arm

exerting influence on

browbeating into

turning on

bearing down on

using strong-arm tactics on

bringing pressure to bear on

putting the squeeze on

breathing down someone's neck

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

tightening the screws on

bringing pressure to bear upon

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Present participle for to champion or foster a cause

favoring^US

favouring^UK

fueling^US

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

plugging

publicising^UK

publicizing^US

recommending

staking

subsidising^UK

subsidizing^US

succoring^US

succouring^UK

putting in a good word for

facilitating

counseling^US

counselling^UK

honoring^US

honouring^UK

running interference for

giving a lift

offering a suggestion

eulogizing^US

eulogising^UK

putting in a good word

taking up the cudgels for

putting on to something

putting in two cents

building up

campaigning on behalf of

looking on with favour

doing someone a service

jacking up

pitching in with

doing someone a favour

smoothing the way for

getting stuck in with

giving a hand

giving a boost

greasing the wheels

assisting the progress of

smoothing the path of

putting your faith in

going on the record for

getting someone out of a tight spot

going down the line for

lending a helping hand to

offering recommendation

speaking favorably of

looking with favour on

fronting for

speaking favourably of

throwing one's weight behind

throwing in one's lot with

taking someone's part

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(rise to) Present participle for to react with annoyance or anger

Verb

Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally

hurting somebody's feelings

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

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Present participle for to persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

Verb

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Present participle for to harass (someone) persistently for or to do something

Verb

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Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Noun

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Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

offence^UK

offense^US

being rubbed up the wrong way

fuelling^UK

fueling^US

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