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goad

verb

/ɡoʊd/

Meaning

to provoke, annoy, or urge someone to take action

He tried to goad his opponent into making a mistake.

goad into action

provoke, urge, incite, push, irritate

calm, soothe, dissuade

goad into, goad by, goad someone

to fix something firmly into a surrounding mass or context

To plant seeds in the ground for growing crops or plants.

to make something happen later than planned

To show or demonstrate clearly; to become evident or apparent.

to make blessed or holy, especially in the Roman Catholic Church, to declare a deceased person to be...

To stop something from happening or arising.