PROD

My teenage daughter never enjoyed studying so I prodded her to study through high school and now, to my surprise, she became a straight A student in college.

or

While they always prodded him to study, they were fine with the marks that he was getting.

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PROD (t.v.) - urge to action

PUT A LOT OF GONE BETWEEN A AND B

If you want to stay alive, you have to put a lot of gone between you and Shannon. She is a complete wacko.

or


With a bike like that, I could put a lot of 

gone between me and an angry wife.

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