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Words meaning to urge somebody to do something he shouldn’t: “Mike wouldn’t have tried that if the other boys hadn’t ________.”

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

EGGED HIM ON5
NEEDLED HIM4
PUT HIM UP TO IT4
AGGED HIM ON2
ENCOURAGED HIM2
KEPT AT HIM2
BUGGED1
BULLIED1
CALLED HIM CHICKEN1
CHALLENGED HIM1
DARED HIM1
DONE IT1
EGGED1
ENCOURAGED1
FORCED HIM1
HARASSED HIM1
INCITED HIM1
NUDGED1
PROVOKED1
PUSHED1
PUSHED HIM1
SPURRED1
TEASED1
THREATENED1
TRICKED HIM1

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