"vouch for" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-vouch for.ogg [Australia] 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)
    Sense id: en-vouch_for-en-verb-NMQcIBIC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (for)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
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      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of",
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      "sense": "affirm the truth or reliability of"
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