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Encourages short bursts of activity, taking time out (5)

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spurs

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'encourages' is the definition.
(spurring is a kind of encouraging)

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(Other definitions for spurs that I've seen before include "incentives" , "soccer team" , "Gives encouragement to" , "Goads" , "One side of London" .)

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