incite (someone) (to something)
incite (someone) (to something)
To provoke or otherwise prompt someone to do something Trying to disperse this crowd by force might very well incite them to riot.
See also: incite
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
incite someone
to something to excite or provoke someone to something. The radicals tried to incite the students to violence. The students were incited to violent behavior by the lecturer.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- incite
- tease (one) into (doing something)
- get in(to) hot water
- provoke (one) to
- provoke into
- provoking
- provoke
- provoke (one) into (doing something)
- taunt (one) into (doing something)
- taunt into