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The following 12 entries include the term for someone.
account for (someone or something)
phrasal verb: to show what happened to (someone or something) : know where (something or someone) is
answer for (someone)
idiom: to say what someone else thinks : to give the opinion of (someone else)
good for (someone or something)
idiom—used to express approval of someone
good news for (someone)
idiom: something new that will be useful to (someone)
have (got) news for (someone)
idiom—used when one is making a definite and forceful statement that someone does not expect, know about, or agree with
in order for (someone or something) to
idiom: to make it possible for (someone or something) to (be or do something)
make time for (someone)
idiom: to cause an amount of one's time to be available to do something for or with (someone)
meant for (someone)
idiom: perfectly suited for (someone)
not for (someone) to (do something)
idiom: not the right or duty of (someone) to (do something)
nothing in it (for someone)
idiom: nothing to be gained (by someone)
open for (someone)
idiom: to perform before (the main performer at a concert, show, etc.)
the knives are out (for someone)
idiom—used to say that people are ready to blame or punish someone for something often in a way that is unfair
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