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cheerled

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cheer⋅lead

  [cheer-leed] verb, -led, -lead⋅ing.
Use cheerled in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to act as cheerleader for.
2. to encourage by or as if by cheerleading.
–verb (used without object)
3. to act as cheerleader.
Origin:
by back formation from cheerleader or cheerleading
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cheer·lead   (chîr'lēd')   
intr.v.   cheer·led (-lěd'), cheer·lead·ing, cheer·leads

  1. To lead organized cheering, as at sports events.

  2. To express or promote automatic or servile praise: We want someone not just to cheerlead but to help us revamp our organization.


[Back-formation from cheerleader.]
cheer·led   (chîr'lěd')   
v.  Past tense and past participle of cheerlead.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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