put a word in for smb.

put a word in for smb.
(put a (good) word in for smb. (тж. put in a (good) word for smb. или say a good word for smb.))
замолвить за кого-л. словечко, заступиться за кого-л.

...in the National Assembly the most timid attempts to put in a word for Paris were howled down... (K. Marx, ‘The Civil War in France’, ch. III) — ...Национальное собрание на самую робкую попытку сказать слово в защиту Парижа отвечало неистовым воем...

Hallo! That you, Wilfred?.. Michael speaking... One of our packers has been snooping copies of ‘Copper Coin’. He's "got the bird" - poor devil. I wondered if you'd mind putting in a word for him - old Dan won't listen to me... (J. Galsworthy, ‘The White Monkey’, part I, ch. VIII) — Алло! ты, Уилфрид?.. говорит Майкл... Слушай, один из наших упаковщиков стащил "Медяки". Его выставили, беднягу. Я и подумал: не заступишься ли ты за него - старый Дэн меня и слушать не станет...

I can't promise anything, my dear chap, but I'll put in a word in the right quarter. (C. P. Snow, ‘Homecomings’, ch. 17) — Ничего не могу обещать, мой дорогой, но постараюсь замолвить словечко где надо.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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