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Egg on vomit - eat accidentally! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

motivate

'egg on' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'vomit eat accidentally' is the wordplay.
'accidentally' is an anagram indicator (a chaotic or accidental ordering of the letters).
'vomit'+'eat'='vomiteat'
'vomiteat' anagrammed gives 'MOTIVATE'.

(Other definitions for motivate that I've seen before include "Stimulate the interest of" , "Induce" , "Give an incentive for action" , "Stimulate to action" , "Drive on" .)

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