on the prod

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介词短语
  1. Provoked into action.
    — was ridin' partners with Chuck Gibbons, the Llano gunman, an' Chuck was always on the prod, sort of. One, two times I figured I might have to shoot it out with him my own self, but wasn't exactly honin' for trouble.

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From the way a cattle prod provokes the animal into moving.
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