speak for (someone/something)

to express the opinions or wishes of someone.

I can't speak for my boss on something that is so personal.

Tokarczyk believed that her poetry could speak for the nation.

• be a laugh a minute
• be a law unto
• be a law unto yourself
• be a licence to print money
• be alive and kicking
• be alive and well
• be alive with
• be alive with something
• be-all and end-all
• be all beer and skittles
• be all brawn and no brains
• be all dressed up and nowhere to go
• be all dressed up with nowhere to go
• be all ears
• be all eyes
• be all fingers and thumbs
• be all fun and games
• be all heart
• be all in
• be all in a day's work
• be all in mind
• be all in the mind
• be all in your mind
• be all it's cracked up to be
• be all moonlight and roses