speak for
phrasal verbspeak for somebody
- to state the views or wishes of a person or a group; to act as a representative for somebody
- Our party speaks for the poor and unemployed.
- I can’t speak for the others, but I’d love to come myself.
- I speak for all my colleagues.
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