at the request of someone

at the request of someone
at someone’s request/at the request of someone/ phrase
used for saying that something will be done because someone has asked for it

No photographs of the girl were printed, at the request of her family.

Thesaurus: words used to describe actions and activitieshyponym something that is easy to dosynonym
Main entry: request

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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