Encouraged to break ground out East (5,2)

'encouraged' is the definition.
(urging on is a kind of encouraging)

'break ground out east' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'east' could be 'e' ('E' can be a synonym of 'east') and 'e' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'ground' is 'urgdon' which is within the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?