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The phrase "a gesture for" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to an action or sign intended to express a feeling or intention towards someone or something. Example: "She made a gesture for peace by extending her hand in friendship."
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Paul Nicholls has a gesture for the Grand National.
To pass social muster, Elle presented the haircut as a gesture for charity: to raise money for a children's hospital, her daughter offered to get a Mohawk.
Unmentioned was that Mulvaney had actually intended the doughnuts as a gesture for protesters he expected would be waiting for him, a Mulvaney aide told The Post.
"She was afraid, as were many mothers I met, that police will stop their sons, mistake a gesture for aggression, and shoot them, which is not such a far-fetched notion, given recent history".
When a master struck the 16-year-old Osborne at school, he responded by striking back – a gesture for which he was expelled and which suggested his permanent symbol was the untugged forelock.
If all those leaders linking arms turned their backs on any dealings with Saudi Arabia, whose Wahbabist insanity has been sent out to infect parts of the Muslim world, they would make more than a gesture for free speech.
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In December, 2008, while Obama was still President-elect, Raúl Castro said he was willing to begin talks, and suggested that, as a first step, they should consider a "gesture-for-gesture" prisoner exchange.
This includes Ms. Rocha, who delivers a gesture-for-gesture replication of Ms. Finneran's performance; Paul Fitzgerald, as Dotty's jealous younger lover; Kaitlin Hopkins, as the cheerful company busybody; John Horton, as an old pro with a hearing problem; and Carson Elrod and Mandy Siegfried as the young, struggling backstage managers.
That in itself is a punk gesture for a woman writing a movie for Paramount" at the time.
A yellow camellia, signifying longing, might be a safer gesture for a suitor.
It was a fitting gesture for a family that has made a fortune serving millions of Thai customers since it opened its first shop 70 years ago.
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