'V n for n' - Construction 17
| Name: | the desert someone for someone construction |
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| Description: | A person ends one relationship or role and begins another. |
| Verbs: | desert, forsake, leave |
| Example: | She…soon deserts him for a retired naval captain. (BNC) |
| Membership: | exchanging 'for'; two things |
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