put in a good word

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: ein gutes Wort einlegen — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Italian: metterci una buona parola — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Polish: szepnąć słówko — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Russian: замо́лвить слове́чко (zamólvitʹ slovéčko) — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Spanish: hablar favorablemente de — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Spanish: interceder por — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Spanish: defender a — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Spanish: dar buenas referencias de — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Spanish: hablar bien de — to speak favourably of someone to someone else
• Swedish: lägga ett gott ord — to speak favourably of someone to someone else