cheer on

phrasal verb

cheered on; cheering on; cheers on

: to encourage (someone) with shouts or cheers

Their fans cheered them on from the sidelines.

Examples of cheer on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here’s where to cheer on the Liberty with local fans: Hutch Astoria In partnership with local pop-up Dave’s Lesbian Bar, this Astoria bar will show the WNBA finals games and offer $6 well drinks after tip off. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

The other venue, however, stopped people in their tracks – Craven Park in Hull, north-east England, a weatherbeaten sports ground that, on normal weekends, plays host to a few thousand fans cheering on their local rugby club. —Caroline Frost, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024

For some people cheering on the race participants, this weekend will be a competition as well as the Diane and Alan Page Community Cheer Challenge is expected to have 40 cheer zones along the race course. —Amirah Razman, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2024

At the time, Chinese major indexes began to rally, surging over 25% as investors cheered on the slate of stimulus measures. —Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024