will on
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]will on (third-person singular simple present wills on, present participle willing on, simple past and past participle willed on)
- To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.
- 1992, Jonathan Rutherford, Men's Silences: Predicaments in Masculinity, page 180:
- The pleasure of identifying with Rambo as he kicks and punches his persecutors is the willing him on to succeed.