Meaning of put spurs to | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To prod (a mount) with spurs.
2. To prod into greater activity, speed, or diligence.
3. To speed up.

Examples

“He would approach the object slowly and cautiously, and, when very near it, would put spurs to his horse and dash by.”

“Major Smith describes himself as feeling a little out of place, mounted, as he was, on a government mule. With his command, he put spurs to his animal, and galloped away over rough ground, beyond reach of the dragoons.”

“It is needless to say the officer put spurs to his horse to escape the fate of the two-year-old steer before described.”

“I congratulate you on your memory of what is past, whence I confess that you have put spurs to my almost weary pen.”

“They think this last remark is more likely to put spurs to his Holiness than any other .”

“Do these things, and your bargain department will not only earn you money on its own investment, but it will put spurs to every department throughout your store.”

“But interest is prejudicial to beauty as soon as it oversteps this limit; and this is the case if we are so led away by the interest of a work that whenever we come to any detailed description in a novel, or any lengthy reflection on the part of a character in a drama, we grow impatient and want to put spurs to our author, so that we may follow the development of events with greater speed.”

“The greater the danger is, it ought to be so far from being a remora, as to put spurs to our speedy resolutions in this great affair.”

“In this regard, it is most important that the Government get its macroeconomic house in order, balance the budget, and put spurs to exports rather than imports.”

“We must put spurs to the general onward march for glorifying this meaningful year [2012, the one hundredth anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth and the year when North Korea was supposed to become a kangsong taeguk or “great power”].”

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