Collocations for "urged"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "urged" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025urge
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v- I urge you to [see, go, try, reconsider]
- urged them to [stay, come]
- urged him [forward, onto the stage, into the spotlight]
- urge on [an athlete, a horse]
- urge [an athlete] on
- the [athlete] was urged on by the [crowd, trainer, spectators]
- urge [an athlete] to victory
- urge [her, the suspect] into a confession
- the [suspect] was urged into a confession
- the [boss, company, regulators] urged a plan of action
- urge the need for [safety, haste, new measures]
'urged' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
as some advocates had <urged> - English Only forum
be urged for doing something - English Only forum
"big fat yes" "you urged upon me" - English Only forum
Bill urged to come with us. - English Only forum
For years, the safety board has <urged><been urging> - English Only forum
"He asked them" or "He urged them" - English Only forum
He asked, he urged, he claimed the boon of a brand snatched from the burning - English Only forum
He urged Speck to <drive to> the north of Scotland, - English Only forum
He urged that they be punished. - English Only forum
He urged there not be <many> people there. - English Only forum
I urged that something should / must be done. - English Only forum
I urged the notorious crime - English Only forum
In all his efforts, Herbert Hoover urged Americans to choose to participate. - English Only forum
is urged to become / has become urgent - English Only forum
objections which were at first urged against... - English Only forum
often urged prescriptively rather than argued analytically - English Only forum
she 'was urged' [aspect?] - English Only forum
She urged the need for haste - English Only forum
the arguments urged against the thicket as the scene, are applicable in chief part, only against it as... - English Only forum
the dictates of humanity could have urged - English Only forum
the mayors <have> also urged - English Only forum
the younger urged their services on the agitated fair ones - English Only forum
These were not patient with their more tired brothers and urged them on by biting their legs - English Only forum
They urged me that I <be consulted> <consult> with the RC. - English Only forum
To which Coke replied that he was encouraging traitors, and 'sat down in a chafe, and would speak no more, until the Commissioners urged and… - English Only forum
Tony Evers has <been urging><urged> people - English Only forum
until an official urged him to introduce his interpreter--- - English Only forum
Urged against my records - English Only forum
urged by the French - English Only forum
urged them to tread lightly - English Only forum
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