单词 | spur on |
释义 | spur onGoad or urge ahead, as in The thought of winning a Pulitzer Prize spurred the reporter on. This expression transfers using spurs to make a horse go faster to incentives of other kinds. [Late 1500s] Words nearby spur onSpurgeon, spurious, spurious ankylosis, spurn, spur-of-the-moment, spur on, spurred, spurrey, spurrier, spurry, spurt The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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