spoken for

spoken for
1 the money is spoken for: RESERVED, set aside, claimed, owned, booked.
2 Claudine is spoken for: ATTACHED, going out with someone, in a relationship; informal going steady; dated courting.
spoken

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ˈspoken for [spoken for] adjective not before noun
already claimed or being kept for sb

I'm afraid you can't sit there— those seats are spoken for.

(old-fashioned)

Liza is already spoken for

(= she is already married or has a partner)

.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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