appropriate something for something
- appropriate something for something
appropriate something for something
1. to allot a certain amount of money for a particular purpose. •
They will appropriate $10,000 for the exhibit at the fair.
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A large sum was appropriated for the expenses.
2. Euph. to take something [from someone else] and use it as something else or for a purpose different from what was intended. •
Walter appropriated a truck for an ambulance.
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It was necessary to appropriate your laptop for connecting to the Internet.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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