intercede

intercede for (someone or something)

To intervene in favor or on behalf of someone or something. The United Nations has finally decided to intercede for that nation, in the hopes of preventing an all-out war. It always fell to me to intercede on my younger brother's behalf when he would butt heads with my father about some issue or other.
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intercede with (someone or something)

To approach or confront someone or something in favor or on behalf of someone or something else. Once the bullying situation in my little brother's class escalated, I had to intercede with his teacher.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

intercede (for someone) (with someone or something)

to intervene on behalf of someone with someone or a group; to plead someone's case with someone or a group. I will intercede for Charlotte with the council. Tom interceded with Fred for Sharon, who was too shy to speak for herself.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • intercede for (someone or something)
  • intercede with (someone or something)
  • keep (someone or something) for (someone or something)
  • keep for
  • take up the cudgel(s)
  • lobby for
  • lobby for (someone or something)
  • convey (something) from (someone or something)
  • intervene between
  • intervene between (multiple people)
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Summary: Brussels - Morocco urged Belgium and Luxembourg to intercede with Algeria to uncover the fate of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud, which remains unknown since his abduction on September 21 by the polisario's militias, on Algiers' order.
Morocco urges Belgium and Luxembourg to intercede with Algeria to uncover the fate of Ould Sidi Mouloud
The researchers encourage school psychologists to pay more attention to witnesses in bullying incidents and to teach them ways that they can intercede rather than remain passive bystanders.
Second-hand effects of bullying
" Current and former US officials said the discussion in Washington over how to approach India has intensified as Pakistan ratchets up requests that the US intercede in a series of continuing disputes," the journal wrote.
US pressure on India to normalise ties with Pak
Prominent Iranian reformist leaders have approached Secretary General of Lebanese Shiite group Hizbullah Hassan Nasrallah to intercede with Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to resolve Iran's domestic political crisis, Kuwait daily newspaper AS SEYASAH reported on Wednesday.
Iran-politics-Lebanon
Ancestors, it is reasoned, have gone before and, having departed this world, are now closer to divinity and able to intercede on behalf of those of us still living in this world.
African intercessions
This volume describes how these third-party actors intercede where workers and firms meet, thus aiding, impeding, and, in some cases exploiting the matching process.
Studies of Labor Market Intermediation
If someone close to your family has recently died, help your child to see that person as a saint who can intercede for her.
Ordinary saints for kids
Chaine De L'Espoir and Dubai Cares joint medical mission call upon the EU to intercede on behalf of humanitarian organizationsMission includes specialized surgical team to treat child trauma
Chaine De L'Espoir and Dubai Cares joint medical mission call upon the EU to intercede on behalf of humanitarian organizations