5
form(verb, start, comprise)
3
assume the role of(expression, idiom, support, mean, show)
3
correspond to(expression, support, mean, show, favor)
3
make(verb, start, comprise)
2
act as(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, mean)
2
act as broker(expression, idiom, support, mean, show)
2
act for(expression, support, mean, show, favor)
2
act in place of(expression, idiom, support, mean, show)
2
appear as(expression, support, mean, show, favor)
2
be agent for(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
2
be attorney for(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
2
be proxy for(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
2
body(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
2
buy for(expression, support, mean, show, favor)
2
copy(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
2
do business for(expression, idiom, support, mean, show)
2
emblematize(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
2
exemplify(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
2
hold office(expression, support, mean, show, favor)
2
imitate(verb, support, mean, show, favor)
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