witness for (someone or something)
witness for (someone or something)
1. To present oneself in a court of law to testify or give evidence on behalf of someone or some group. They want me to testify for the defense, but I'm terrified of going up in front of a judge and jury. The man who is witnessing for the plaintiff had his credibility seriously undermined during the cross-examination.
2. To evangelize or proselytize on behalf of a deity or religion. I firmly believe it is my calling in life to witness for our lord and savior, Jesus Christ. Many in the region have been persecuted for witnessing for their faith.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
witness for someone or something
to serve as a witness for some person or some deed. They could find no one to witness to something witness for the accused person. The police found someone to witness for the hour of the crime.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- witness for
- testify for
- testify for (someone or something)
- plead the Fifth (Amendment)
- speak up for
- speak up for (one)
- take the Fifth
- take the fifth (amendment)
- take/plead the fifth
- five it