plump for

phrasal verb

plumped for; plumping for; plumps for
informal
1
US : to express support for (someone or something)
The President plumped for the incumbent candidate in the election.
2
British : to choose (someone or something) after thinking carefully
I finally plumped for the blue dress.

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Confronted by the stark choice between starvation and steak, unsurprisingly, the crew plumps for the latter. Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2019 Users are faced with making a change, paying the new one-year-only $30 support extension, or plumping for an incompatible hardware upgrade. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024

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“Plump for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plump%20for. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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