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put in a good word
Idioms and Phrases
Make a supportive remark or favorable recommendation. For example, Please put in a good word for me with the supervisor , or When you see her, put in a good word for the department . The use of good word for a laudatory utterance dates from about 1200.Example Sentences
Uncle Buddy had connections with the Reds and put in a good word for his nephew.
They’re not generally headed to nationals … or hoping that Conal will put in a good word for them.
He had chosen to attend an affordable local public university, not a top computing school, and he did not know anyone in the industry who could put in a good word for him with tech recruiters.
If she wanted to work, he’d put in a good word.
Before his groundbreaking paper, many had assumed that new positions came from sources such as close personal friends who would put in a good word, headhunters who would seek out strong candidates or public advertisements.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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