BEHALF


Meaning of BEHALF in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you do something on someone’s ~, you do it for that person as their representative. The form in someone’s ~ is also used, mainly in American English.

She made an emotional public appeal on her son’s ~...

Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on ~ of his colleagues.

PHRASE: PHR after v

2.

If you feel, for example, embarrassed or angry on someone’s ~, you feel embarrassed or angry for them.

‘What do you mean?’ I asked, offended on Liddie’s ~.

PHRASE

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