"be here for" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-be here for.ogg [Australia] Forms: is here for [present, singular, third-person], being here for [participle, present], was here for [past], been here for [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> here for}} be here for (third-person singular simple present is here for, present participle being here for, simple past was here for, past participle been here for)
  1. (slang) To be excited for; to be in favour of. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-be_here_for-en-verb-bJOwimTj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. Alternative form of be there for. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: be there for
    Sense id: en-be_here_for-en-verb-YUP--TdB

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