"vouch for" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-vouch for.ogg Forms: vouches for [present, singular, third-person], vouching for [participle, present], vouched for [participle, past], vouched for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} vouch for (third-person singular simple present vouches for, present participle vouching for, simple past and past participle vouched for)
  1. (idiomatic) To affirm the truth or reliability of. Tags: idiomatic Translations (affirm the truth or reliability of): kezeskedik érte (Hungarian), garantire (Italian), ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക (uṟappunalkuka) (Malayalam), garantìr (Romagnol), dar fe (Spanish), avalar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To affirm the truth or reliability of."
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
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          "code": "es",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
      "word": "kezeskedik érte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
      "word": "garantire"
    },
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
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      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
      "word": "ഉറപ്പുനൽകുക"
    },
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      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
      "word": "garantìr"
    },
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      "note": "руча́ться (ručátʹsja) + за",
      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
      "word": "dar fe"
    },
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      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
      "word": "avalar"
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