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Definition of goad verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

goad

verb

NAmE//ɡoʊd//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they goad

he / she / it goads

past simple goaded

-ing form goading

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to keep irritating or annoying someone or something until they react goad somebody/something Goaded beyond endurance, she finally lost her temper. goad somebody/something into something/into doing something He finally goaded her into answering his question.

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go noun
go about phrasal verb
goad verb
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