campaign for (someone or something)
campaign for (someone or something)
1. To strongly support someone or something and encourage others to do the same; to fight in favor of someone or something. Many people in our small town are campaigning for that big construction project because the closest store right now is 10 miles away.
2. To support a candidate pursuing an elected office and encourage others to do the same. I'm campaigning for Caroline in the race for student council president—here, have a button!
See also: campaign
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
campaign for someone or something
to support actively someone or someone's candidacy for political office. I would be very happy to campaign for you. I want to campaign for the winning candidate.
See also: campaign
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- be/have done with somebody/something
- be in line with (someone or something)
- better of
- (someone or something) promises well
- begin with
- begin with (someone or something)
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- beware of
- beware of (someone or something)
- be rough on (someone or something)