plead for

Strongest matches

• back
• campaign for
• defend
• encourage
• favor
• further
• justify
• press for
• promote
• propose
• push
• recommend
• support
• tout
• uphold
• urge

Strong matches

• advance
• advise
• bless
• bolster
• boost
• champion
• countenance
• plug
• side
• vindicate

Weak matches

• argue for
• be in corner
• brace up
• build up
• get on bandwagon
• give a leg up
• give a lift
• go for
• go to bat for
• go with
• hold with
• plump for
• ride shotgun for
• root for
• run interference for
• say so
• speak for
• spread around
• stump for

Strongest matches

• defend
• espouse
• fight for
• promote
• uphold

Strong matches

• back
• battle
• contend
• patronize
• support

Weak matches

• go to bat for
• put in a good word for
• ride shotgun for
• side with
• stand behind
• stand up for
• thump for

Strongest match

• seek

Strong matches

• ask
• beseech
• demand
• entreat
• implore
• necessitate
• petition
• require
• solicit
• supplicate
• take

Weak matches

• call for
• pray for

Strongest matches

• advocate
• declare
• defend
• emphasize
• hold
• insist
• say
• stress
• uphold

Strong matches

• affirm
• allege
• asseverate
• attest
• aver
• avow
• back
• champion
• contend
• correct
• justify
• persist
• profess
• protest
• rectify
• report
• right
• state
• vindicate

Weak matches

• fight for
• stand by

Strongest matches

• aid
• approve
• assist
• back
• bolster
• boost
• endorse
• establish
• help
• hold
• justify
• maintain
• promote
• side with
• uphold

Strong matches

• abet
• advance
• carry
• champion
• cheer
• comfort
• countenance
• forward
• foster
• second
• stay
• substantiate
• sustain
• verify

Weak matches

• agree with
• bear out
• boost morale
• get behind
• go along with
• go to bat for
• keep up
• pull for
• put forward
• rally round
• stand behind
• stand up for
• stick by
• stick up for
• take one's side
• take the part of
• throw in one's lot with
• throw in with

Strongest matches

• absolve
• acquit
• corroborate
• defend
• disprove
• exonerate
• justify
• prove
• refute
• substantiate
• uphold

Strong matches

• advocate
• argue
• assert
• claim
• clear
• confute
• contend
• establish
• exculpate
• excuse
• extenuate
• free
• guard
• maintain
• protect
• rationalize
• rehabilitate
• second
• shield
• support
• warrant
• whitewash

Weak matches

• bear out
• disculpate
• do justice to
• free from blame