to vouch for
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4.9
- phrasal verb
- /vaʊtʃ fɔr/
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respaldar
- I can vouch for his honesty; I've known him for years.
- vouch for someone
And so he he actually vouched for the story himself.
- And so he he actually vouched for the story himself.
- They're all brand new to me, so I can't vouch for how awesome everything is.
- Did it know that she had vouched for the veracity of the Steele dossier?
- The third one is having somebody that you know and trust vouch for it and say this is good.
- So I do not ask people to take risks because I cannot vouch for their safety.
- Anybody here who can vouch for this?
- Yeah, they even have, you know, a scientist vouching for them.
- I, Charles A Harmon, can and will vouch for Altine on testimony of Timothy Poe.
- You need someone to go to bat for you, someone who knows the kind of people who might buy your shares and can vouch for you.
- And so that when you are contacting hiring managers, they see that you have all these skills and people are vouching for that.
- And I had no desire to feed my body these crazy substances that I couldn't vouch for to get me into a place that my spirit and my soul took me to anyhow.
- If you really do become intimate with somebody, you are vouching for them, you are entering into their projects and things like that.
- Somebody has to propose you, vouch for you, say this person has what it takes to become a member, and that's the first step.
- He said I wouldn't hurt you, but I can't vouch for these lads.
- Kamala Harris lied to the American people when she vouched for Biden's cognitive fitness when all of them knew that he wasn't fit.
- I trusted member of your community can vouch for the information that's in this flyer.
Examples
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Cook asked whether he was willing to vouch for them personally.
Academic text (2009) -
Abe felt he could personally vouch for the integrity of each one of them.
Fiction book (1999) -
And I said I can vouch for you.
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The third one is having somebody that you know and trust vouch for it and say this is good.
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My partner vouched for me and yet they did not take his word.
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Believe me, I can vouch for that.
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So I do not ask people to take risks because I cannot vouch for their safety.
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I'm sure she'd vouch for me.
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"Sheriff, I know you don't know me, but Captain Fisher can vouch for me.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'll vouch for you.
Synonyms
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1.8
To show that something is true by giving evidence
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4.1
To state clearly that something is true or show support for it
99
5.0
Say that someone is honest or reliable because you know them
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6.6
To officially confirm that something is true, often in court
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4.7
Show by facts that something is true
3
3.8
To give formal proof that something is true
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'vouch' already means to guarantee or declare someone's reliability, and the preposition 'for' simply marks the person or thing being supported. The combined meaning 'to give assurance about someone or something' is directly compositional and follows a common verb + preposition pattern, so a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase vouch for may come from old courts where someone would speak up for another person and say they were honest. To vouch meant to say the person could be trusted, so today vouch for means 'to assure' that someone or something is reliable.