"put in a good word" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put in a word",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "put<,,put> in a good word"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
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        {
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Could you put in a good word for me with your boss? I've been looking for a job for the past two months.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speak favourably of someone to someone else, in order to help them out."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_in_a_good_word-en-verb-zzmJvobB",
      "links": [
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "favourably",
          "favourably"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "kehua (+ partitive, for = allative)",
          "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "suositella (+ partitive, for = allative)",
          "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
          "word": "ein gutes Wort einlegen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
          "word": "metterci una buona parola"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "szepnąć słówko"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zamólvitʹ slovéčko",
          "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "замо́лвить слове́чко"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put in a good word"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put in a good word",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put in a word",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> in a good word"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
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        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
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        {
          "text": "Could you put in a good word for me with your boss? I've been looking for a job for the past two months.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To speak favourably of someone to someone else, in order to help them out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "favourably",
          "favourably"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "kehua (+ partitive, for = allative)",
      "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "suositella (+ partitive, for = allative)",
      "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
      "word": "ein gutes Wort einlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
      "word": "metterci una buona parola"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "szepnąć słówko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamólvitʹ slovéčko",
      "sense": "to speak favourably of someone to someone else",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "замо́лвить слове́чко"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put in a good word"
}