cheerlead

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cheer·lead (chîr

)

intr.v. cheer·led (-l

), cheer·lead·ing, cheer·leads

1. To lead organized cheering, as at sports events.

2. To express or promote automatic or servile praise: We want someone not just to cheerlead but to help us revamp our organization.

[Back-formation from cheerleader.]

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Verb

cheerlead - act as a cheerleader in a sports event

exhort, pep up, root on, urge on, barrack, urge, inspire, cheer - spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

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