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Phrase(s): want something for someone or something
to desire to have something for someone or something. • I want a gift for my wife. What would you suggest? • I want a button for my shirt., Phrase(s): want someone for something
1. to desire someone for some job or purpose. • I want Fred for my team. • We all want you for a candidate. 2. to hunt or seek someone as a criminal suspect. • The police want Max for questioning. • They want him for a number of crimes., Phrase(s): want for something
Fig. to lack something; to need something. • I certainly don’t want for advice. In fact, I have had too much. • We don’t want for helpers around here.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs