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Phrase(s): solicit for someone or something
to seek money or other contributions for someone or something, such as a charitable cause. • I am soliciting for crippled children. Would you care to contribute? • Are you soliciting for a local cause?, Phrase(s): solicit someone for something
to attempt to persuade someone to give something, such as money, for a specific purpose. • The school band solicited the owners of the business for a contribution. • Fred solicited everyone in his department for at least a dollar.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs