spurring
/ˈspɜrɪŋ/
verb
- To encourage someone to do something or to make something happen faster or more forcefully.
- The coach's speech was spurring the team to play harder.
- Rising costs are spurring companies to find cheaper materials.
- Her success spurred others to follow their dreams.
- To poke or urge a horse forward using spurs (metal spikes attached to a rider's boot).
- Spurring the pony too hard can hurt it.
- The rider was spurring his horse to gallop across the field.
- He kept spurring the tired mule, but it refused to move.
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noun
- The act of encouraging or urging something forward.
- Constant spurring from her parents made her study harder.
- The spurring of the economy depends on consumer confidence.
- The spurring of innovation requires investment in research.