"will on" meaning in English

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "willing on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "willed on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "willed on",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1992, Jonathan Rutherford, Men's Silences: Predicaments in Masculinity, page 180:",
          "text": "The pleasure of identifying with Rambo as he kicks and punches his persecutors is the willing him on to succeed.",
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          "ref": "2025 September 27, Alastair Telfer, “England overpower Canada to win Women's World Cup”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "With the home crowd willing England on, Matthews crossed after more scrum dominance as simple and effective rugby continued to bring success.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish."
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          "intensely",
          "intensely"
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        [
          "succeeds",
          "succeeds"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "will on"
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      "form": "wills on",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "willing on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "willed on",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "willed on",
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        "To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish."
      ],
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  "word": "will on"
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