cheer sb on
— phrasal verb with cheer uk/tʃɪər/us/tʃɪr/verb [ I ]
C2 to shout loudly in order to encourage someone in a competition:
As the runners went by, we cheered them on.
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Praising and applauding
- a pat on the back idiom
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- cheer
- extol
- felicitations
- fete
- full marks to sb idiom
- give sb five idiom
- lay
- pat
- praise
- recognize
- rhapsody
- round of applause idiom
- shout-out
- sing
- sing the praises of sb/sth idiom
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Encouraging and urging on