urge on

Questions about urge on

What does urge on mean?

urge on means "spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for urge on?

Close synonyms include cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is urge on a common word?

urge on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.