adjective
[ not before noun ] already claimed or being kept for sb :
I'm afraid you can't sit there—those seats are spoken for.
( old-fashioned )
Liza is already spoken for (= she is already married or has a partner) .
adjective
[ not before noun ] already claimed or being kept for sb :
I'm afraid you can't sit there—those seats are spoken for.
( old-fashioned )
Liza is already spoken for (= she is already married or has a partner) .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005