testify for the defense/prosecution
idiom
: to talk and answer questions about something especially in a court of law because the defense/prosecution has asked one to and while formally promising that what one is saying is true
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Attorneys continue to await trial details for a former Caltrain manager who has been charged with misspending agency funds to build himself a secret apartment at a train station, and is expected to be challenged by his one-time co-defendant who has agreed to testify for the prosecution.
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Hallie is also expected to testify for the defense on getting hooked on crack, a habit she was introduced to by Hunter, according to Hines.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
From time to time, some of the Bidens are called to testify for the prosecution under subpoena.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
The conference — which draws child abuse pediatricians, social workers, police and prosecutors — featured multiple presentations that cast doctors who testify for the defense as both ill-informed and mercenary.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2024
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Hallie is also expected to testify for the defense on getting hooked on crack, a habit she was introduced to by Hunter, according to Hines.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
From time to time, some of the Bidens are called to testify for the prosecution under subpoena.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
The conference — which draws child abuse pediatricians, social workers, police and prosecutors — featured multiple presentations that cast doctors who testify for the defense as both ill-informed and mercenary.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Testify for the defense/prosecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testify%20for%20the%20defense%2Fprosecution. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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