(~s, urging, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.
They ~d parliament to approve plans for their reform programme...
VERB: V n to-inf
2.
If you ~ someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them.
He slipped his arm around her waist and ~d her away from the window...
‘Come on, Grace,’ he was urging her, ‘don’t wait, hurry up.’
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n
3.
If you ~ a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken.
He ~d restraint on the security forces...
We ~ vigorous action to be taken immediately.
VERB: V n on n, V n
4.
If you have an ~ to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it.
He had an ~ to open a shop of his own...
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf