will on

will on (third-person singular simple present wills on, present participle willing on, simple past and past participle willed on)

1. To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.
   • 1992, Jonathan Rutherford, Men's Silences: Predicaments in Masculinity, page 180:

     The pleasure of identifying with Rambo as he kicks and punches his persecutors is the willing him on to succeed.

• Wollin