EGG ON Definition & Meaning

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Incite, urge ahead, provoke, as in Jack is always egging me on to drive faster, or Seemingly quiet, Margo actually eggs on Donald to quarrel with his staff. This expression has nothing to do with hen's eggs but comes from an Old Norse word, eggja, “to edge.” Both edge on and egg on were used interchangeably, but today the latter is preferred. [c. 1200]

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Whip up pappa al pomodoro and slide a poached egg on top like a wink.

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Swirl into scrambled eggs or top poached eggs on toast.

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