put in a good word for
/ˌpʊt ɪn ə ˌɡʊd ˈwɜːd fə/NEUTRAL · B2
Meaning
to praise someone to a person who can help them
Examples
- 1I'll put in a good word for you with the manager – she's looking for someone reliable.
- 2My cousin put in a good word for me, and I got the interview the next day.
- 3Could you put in a good word for Leo? He'd love a job at your restaurant.
- 4Thanks for putting in a good word for me – the landlord says I can have the flat.
- 5Ben refused to put in a good word for his old colleague because she was often rude to customers.
Grammar
put has the same past form: put, put. The person comes after for: for me, for Leo.
More idioms about communication
All 20 idioms and the topic quiz →get a word in edgewaysto manage to speak while someone else keeps talkingfall on deaf earsto be ignored by the people who are told itkeep someone postedto tell someone the latest news as things changea slip of the tonguea small mistake when you say a different word by accidentlost for wordsso surprised or moved that you cannot speakclear the airto talk openly to end bad feelings between people
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