put in a good word

English

Alternative forms

• put in a word

Verb

put in a good word (third-person singular simple present puts in a good word, present participle putting in a good word, simple past and past participle put in a good word)

1. To speak favourably of someone to someone else, in order to help them out.

   Could you put in a good word for me with your boss? I've been looking for a job for the past two months.

Translations

to speak favourably of someone to someone else

• Finnish: kehua (fi) (+ partitive, for = allative), suositella (fi) (+ partitive, for = allative)
• German: ein gutes Wort einlegen
• Italian: metterci una buona parola
• Polish: szepnąć słówko pf
• Russian: замо́лвить слове́чко pf (zamólvitʹ slovéčko)

Further reading

• “put in a good word for sb”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “put in a good word for somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “put in a word”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “put in a good word” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.