encourage

encourage (one) in (something)

To support and urge one on in some pursuit. My dad has always encouraged me in my studies, but he refuses to accept my interest in becoming an actress.
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encourage (one) to (do something)

To urge one to do something. My dad has always encouraged me to become an actress, but I just don't enjoy being the center of attention. That serious illness encouraged Colleen to start thinking about retirement.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

encourage someone in something

to give support to someone about something in particular. We want to encourage her in her musical career. Ted encouraged me in my efforts to become a baseball player.
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encourage someone to do something

to inspire or stimulate someone to do something; to give someone the courage to do something. We encouraged her to develop her musical talents. He encouraged himself to study hard so he could make it into medical school.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • encourage (one) in (something)
  • encourage in
  • fetch
  • dad fetch my buttons
  • Dad fetch my buttons!
  • a (kind of) turn of mind
  • a practical, scientific, etc. turn of mind
  • will not hear of
  • won't hear of
  • (one) won't hear of (something)
References in periodicals archive
Tinkering with the tax code to encourage higher education will do little to raise basic education skills and may succeed only in providing a windfall for families whose children would go on to college anyway.
The paths to growth
An IDS must develop a strategy that creates value for the customers in the given market, and the compensation system must encourage the behaviors necessary to create that value on a consistent basis.
Aligning incentives for success
It also aims to encourage writers and social media activists to continue writing, documenting and enriching the society with latest developments in the economic field, providing a platform to highlight their skills and creative abilities, as well as presenting ideas representing the private sector aimed at legislators.
OCCI AWARD TO ENCOURAGE WRITERS ON ECONOMIC MATTERS
"In Solihull we would always encourage patients to ask their doctor or pharmacist any questions they may have about their medicines," she said.
Ask doctors more about your medicine; HEALTH
Tax Executives Institute believes it is essential that EU encourage Member States to assist businesses with the challenges posed by the impending enlargement of the EU.
Enlargement of the European union--transitional guidance
Therefore encourage your union employees to take advantage of the, no cost to them, classes held Local 32 BJ and allow your building to realize maximum value.
A telling tale of two buildings
Oregon's old bridges are being given new lives as the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has developed a series of initiatives that encourages recycling on all levels of its OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program.
Building bridges: OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program emphasizes recycling
One, the "Healthy Forests Partnership Act," would: authorize the Forest Service and BLM to enter into new partnerships; designate new Healthy Forests Partnership Zones in priority areas to foster investment by nonfederal parties; and encourage the application of peer-reviewed science with heightened legal significance.
Washington Outlook
Encourage hard work, good nutrition and hydration, rest and good coaching as the tools of performance-enhancement--rather than injections, pills, powders and other dietary supplements.
What athletic directors can do about the steroid abuse crisis
Parents have to teach children the value of money and guide them in their spending, encourage them to save, explore entrepreneurship opportunities, and expose them to solid financial planning.
Teach your children the building blocks of finance: starting young people on the right path to wealth is the greatest gift of all
An initiative to encourage people to cycle to Birmingham has been set up after receiving part of a pounds 2 million Government community fund.
MIDLAND: Get on your bike with a pounds 2m grant
CORRECTION: Leaving aside the morality of having the government spend tax dollars to encourage gambling, the alleged financial benefits of state lotteries are vastly overstated.
Government lotteries are for suckers
Changing feedback systems can also encourage shifts in behavior.
Creating readiness and involvement
Newly released guidelines for 2005 (Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005) encourage more fruits and vegetables while still keeping moderate amounts of sugar and fats.
Kids and healthy lifestyles: how camps can help