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Phrase(s): write someone for something
to send a written request to someone for something. • Henry wrote Harry for a firm quote, but Harry never responded. • Did you write me for permission?, Phrase(s): write for something
1. to write and request something. • I wrote for clarification but received none. • Julie wrote for another copy of the instruction book. 2. to produce writing for a particular kind of publication. • I write for science magazines. • Sam writes for the local newspaper.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs