write for something

write for something
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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