be spoken for
be spoken for
phrase
speakIf a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
She'd probably drop some comment about her 'fiancé' into the conversation so that he'd think she was already spoken for.
By December last year most of the resources had been spoken for.
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热门单词
- ask around
- as keen as mustard/ mustard keen
- a skeleton in the cupboard
- askew
- asking price
- a slap in the face
- a slap on the wrist
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- asleep
- (as) like as not
- as long as
- as long as your arm
- as many as
- as much
- as much as
- as often as not
- as near as dammit/damned near
- a soft touch
- as one
- as opposed to
- a sore point
