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Phrase(s): appropriate something for something
1. to allot a certain amount of money for a particular purpose. • They will appropriate $10,000 for the exhibit at the fair. • A large sum was appropriated for the expenses. 2. Euph. to take something [from someone else] and use it as something else or for a purpose different from what was intended. • Walter appropriated a truck for an ambulance. • It was necessary to appropriate your laptop for connecting to the Internet.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs