Talk:in favor of

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in favor of

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This is either entirely SOP (in + favor + of) or partially SOP (in favor + of). --WikiTiki89 16:14, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Keep and move to in favor, as it's not always followed by of. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
I dunno. In favor, when used in this sense but without an explicit following prepositional phrase headed by of, is always elliptical, I think. "All those in favor (of the matter being voted on) say 'Aye'" clearly refers to something obvious by context. DCDuring TALK 22:21, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
I don't see what sense of favor#Noun (from any favor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.) that applies.
Also, I have added two senses. Should they be included in or omitted from this RfD? DCDuring TALK 22:31, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Keep as an idiomatic preposition. A partial synonym is for. As a variant "in your favor", etc. doesn't have "of" but it's still part of the word, similar to "for the sake of", "on behalf of", which become "for your sake", "on your behalf", etc. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 23:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
I was thinking of in favor of versus in favor with. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:48, 4 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Keep as an idiomatic preposition. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:45, 4 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

kept, non-obvious phrase especially for learners of English. If anything, it serves as a translation target. -- Liliana 17:19, 18 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Please check German translations to be in favor of death penaly = für die Todesstrafe sein I am in favour of that = ich bin dafür (opposite of I am against it, ich bin dagegen) to leave scool in favour of = zugunsten 21:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

on the side of; to the advantage of

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on the side of: in favor of aid to education.
to the advantage of: She transferred out of a big college in favor of the smaller one in her neighborhood
Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English

Are on the side of, to the advantage of idioms which should be added? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:45, 6 December 2019 (UTC)Reply