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behalf
[ bih-haf, -hahf ]
behalf
/ bɪˈhɑːf /
noun
- interest, part, benefit, or respect (only in the phrases on ( someone's ) behalf , on or US and Canadian in behalf of , in this ( or that ) behalf )
Usage
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of behalf1
Idioms and Phrases
- in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for:
On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- in / on someone's behalf, in the interest or aid of (someone):
He interceded in my behalf.
More idioms and phrases containing behalf
see in behalf of .Example Sentences
“Basically, I was contacted and asked if an appeal could be opened on my behalf,” she told me from her home in Providence.
Companies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.
Yet she spoke of his dignity in such an insane situation and when she touched on his pain she expressed her own on his behalf.
Please, Your Excellencies, consider my case with justice and intervene on my behalf.
He co-authored the amicus brief filed on behalf of 23 pro-life groups.
England proclaimed a rough indignation at the demand for Gibraltar, which Austria had made in behalf of Spain.
Before I'd gone five miles the hoodoo that had been working overtime on my behalf got busy again.
Above all else he did not want Winifred to know that solicitude in her behalf had drawn him from the path of duty.
He was indeed a faithful old servant; but he was quite ignorant of any memorial on his behalf having been sent to the Directors.
These misfortunes culminated in an appeal to his countrymen for subscriptions on his behalf in the musical papers.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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