Phrasal verbs with "for"

To explain something, to be responsible for it, or to represent a particular proportion of a total.

To feel a strong, often painful, desire or longing for someone or something.

To include extra time, money, or space in a plan to deal with something that might happen.

To try to get something you want indirectly, often through hints or clever maneuvering.

To be responsible for something and accept the consequences, or to speak on behalf of someone else.

To formally request something such as a job, course, grant, or permit by completing a process or form

To request something, or to request to speak to a specific person.

To behave in a way that makes something bad or negative very likely to happen to you.

To expect or anticipate something; to negotiate in order to obtain something.

To feel great compassion or deep sorrow for someone; to suffer emotionally on someone else's behalf.

To work hard or behave in a particular way in order to gain a promotion, reward, or advantage.

To publicly demand something, to require or make necessary, or to collect someone from a place.

To tend to someone's physical or emotional needs, or to feel affection for someone, or (in negative/question form) to like something.

To click on a link, button, or icon in order to access or obtain something online.

to arrive in order to get, collect, attack, or seek something or someone

To ruin, destroy, or be sufficient for something; to manage household tasks for someone. (British English)

To become romantically attracted to someone, or to be deceived by a trick or lie.

To have sympathy or empathy for someone in a difficult situation, or to search for something by touch.

To take care of yourself without relying on help from others.

To fail to succeed or impress a particular audience or in a specific context.

To stare open-mouthed with longing or desire for something; to crave something urgently.

To choose, attempt, attack, or be attracted to something or someone.

An encouraging expression telling someone to try something boldly or without hesitation.

To aggressively pursue, target, or seek to defeat or harm someone or something.

A rare or specialised term meaning to gut (eviscerate) an animal in preparation for a specific person or purpose.

To feel sympathy or pain on behalf of someone, or to be in serious need of something.

To hide and wait in ambush for someone, usually with hostile or mischievous intent.

To regard something as the most important source of meaning or joy in your life.

To feel a deep, emotional desire or yearning for something or someone, especially something absent or difficult to have.

To try to find someone or something by searching.

To move toward a destination with purpose; or to contribute to or create a particular result, condition, or atmosphere.

To give someone or something the name of another person or place, especially as a tribute; predominantly American English.

To be convincingly accepted or mistaken for something or someone that one is not.

To give money in exchange for goods or services, or to suffer the consequences of your actions

To choose or decide in favor of something or someone, especially after some deliberation

To pay for something, especially as a treat for others.

To support or hope for someone's success, especially when the outcome is uncertain.

To extend your hand toward something in order to take it, or to try to achieve something ambitious.

To study a subject at university (British English), or to audition for a theatrical role by reading lines.

To estimate or calculate the likely cost, time, or implications of something; to take something into account.

To show strong loyalty or support for someone or something; also to head toward a destination on horseback.

To support and want someone or something to succeed, especially in a competition or difficult situation.

To run as fast as possible to escape from danger or to reach safety

To urgently demand or desperately need something or someone, either literally by screaming or figuratively.

To try to find someone or something by looking carefully

To personally observe or experience something directly, rather than relying on what others say

To try to find or obtain something; a more formal or literary alternative to 'look for'.

To request that someone come to you, or to order something to be delivered.

To accept something that is less than what you really wanted or hoped for.

to pose for an artist or photographer, or to take an examination

To throw or fling something toward a target.

to represent someone, express support for something, or suggest that something shows a particular quality

to express your own opinions rather than letting others do it for you

To agree to pay for something, especially as a treat or unexpected generous gesture

To represent or symbolize something, to tolerate behavior, or to be a candidate in an election.

To campaign or canvass actively on behalf of a political candidate or cause (chiefly American English).

To attempt to strike or hit someone or something with a swinging blow; also an old British expression referring to being hanged for a crime.

To believe or assume someone or something is a particular type of person or thing, often mistakenly

To form your own opinions and make your own decisions independently, without blindly following others.

To confirm or guarantee the honesty, quality, or truth of someone or something based on personal knowledge.

To stay in a place or delay action until a person, event, or thing arrives or occurs.

To expect or wait for something that is very unlikely to happen; to want something one has no chance of receiving.