cite (one) for (something)
cite (one) for (something)
1. To acknowledge or honor someone for admirable behavior. The mayor wants to cite those firefighters for saving all of the school children in the blaze.
2. To give someone a citation for a particular legal infraction. Sir, if you don't stop yelling, I'll have to cite you for disorderly conduct.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cite someone for something
1. to honor someone for doing something; to give someone a citation of honor for doing something good. The town council cited her for bravery. They cited Maria for her courageous act.
2. to charge or arraign someone for breaking a law; to issue a legal citation to someone for breaking a law. An officer cited the driver for driving too fast. The housing department cited the landlord for sanitary violations.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- cite
- cite for
- one-up(s)manship
- upmanship
- give in to (someone or something)
- acknowledge the corn
- a scholar and a gentleman
- get (something) through (someone's) head
- get through one's head
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