vouch

vouch for (someone or something)

1. To state one's personal confidence in someone or something as reliable, effective, etc.; to personally guarantee someone or something. I can't believe you fell asleep on the job even after I vouched for you! I drove one of these for 20 years, so I can definitely vouch for its dependability.
2. To act as evidence supporting something. Your long list of published works certainly vouches for your expertise in the field.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

vouch for someone or something

to support or back someone or something; to endorse someone or something. I can vouch for Tom. Irene will vouch for my honesty.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

vouch for

v.
1. To give personal assurances of something or someone; give a guarantee of something or someone: I can't vouch for that company's reliability because I've never dealt with them.
2. To constitute supporting evidence for something; give substantiation for something: The candidate's strong record vouches for her ability.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be replaced by (someone or something)
  • be replaced with (someone or something)
  • bird has flown, the
  • 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)
  • beware of
References in periodicals archive
I won't vouch for this, since I've heard this frequently told about any offspring.
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In the 1950s African Americans attempting to register to vote needed someone already on the rolls to vouch for them; the catch was that any one voter could vouch for only three people a year.
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It might be from an established teacher or choreographer, a director or an experienced colleague--someone who can vouch for your talent and work ethic, and preferably someone the agency knows.
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I can personally vouch for the event, and I think the people who donate can tell that their money is going to an incredible cause."
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It's a skill that takes more than one morning to learn - I can vouch for that.
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If professors think he is someone they can work with, they can vouch for him, which could give him a better chance of getting aid.
Money for school
But as Sudoku obsessives will vouch, it's not as easy as you might think.
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I vouch for his work, I vouch for his character and I urge you to stand with him and support him in the work that he's doing for families, for life, for the unborn, here in our nation's capital."
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According to the Globe and Mail newspaper Graham had to wait while his staff found a way to vouch for his identity.
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This elicited laughter from all within earshot (including myself), and especially Dan, who quipped, "I'll vouch for that." Another friend has a nicer name for people like me.
The year of the lamb
AFTER the troubles Barry Ferguson, Stevie Crawford, Lee Makel and Derek Lilley faced settling down south I would like to vouch for the joys a footballer can have in plying his trade just a few hours in the car from his mammy.
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FedEx is a participant, and we can certainly vouch for the win-win nature of this program.
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Rosenborg are tough to beat on home soil - a fact Arsenal would vouch for after being held to a 1-1 draw on matchday two.
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I can't vouch for the integrity of any of the sites--I haven't used any of them, but it might be worth your time to check out some of them.
A cheap alternative to hotel rooms
Our editor has been hunting in an X-static T-shirt for more than two years and can vouch that it's possible to wear such a shirt constantly for several days without it becoming noticeably smelly--even in the heat.
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