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be in aid of

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be in aid of

To support or help something or someone. The fundraiser is in aid of the local family whose house just burned down.

See also: aid, of

be in aid of

to be intended to help, cure, or resolve. What is all this in aid of? I don't understand what your comments are in aid of.

See also: aid, of