Verb
urge on; cause to act
Source: WordNetI used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later. Susan George
That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects. Victoria Pratt
Say what you will, there is something fine about our old aristocracy. I'll bet Trotsky couldn't hit a moving secretary with an egg on a dark night. P. G. Wodehouse
Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics. Ann Richards
God, it was hot! Forget about frying an egg on the sidewalk; this kind of heat would fry an egg inside the chicken. Rachel Caine
As unsteady as an egg on a stick. Scottish Gaelic Proverb