for
/fɔr/, /fər/ prep (PURPOSE)Definition
› having the purpose of: What do you imagine he uses this old thing for? Why don’t you take an aspirin for your headache (= to stop it)?
(Definition of for prep (PURPOSE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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