1.
If you ~ an amount of time or effort doing something, you spend that time or effort doing it.
They’ve ~ time and effort to keep the strike going...
If we don’t put money in we will lose our investment.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
2.
If you ~ a request or ~ for something, you formally request or apply for that thing.
The ministry ordered 113 of these and later ~ a request for 21 more...
I decided to ~ for a job as deputy secretary.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P for n
3.
If you ~ a remark, you interrupt someone or add to what they have said with the remark.
‘He was a lawyer before that,’ Mary Ann ~...
PHRASAL VERB: V P with quote
4.
When a ship puts in or puts into a port, it goes into the port for a short stop.
It’s due to ~ at Aden and some other ports before arriving in Basra...
PHRASAL VERB: V P adv/prep