What is "to put in for"

Put \Put\ (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i.

1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]
   --Bacon.

2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

   His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.
   --Dryden.

3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put. To put about (Naut.), to change direction; to tack. To put back (Naut.), to turn back; to return. ``The French . . . had put back to Toulon.'' --Southey. To put forth.

   1. To shoot, bud, or germinate. ``Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth.''
      --Bacon.

   2. To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak. To put in (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port. To put in for.

      1. To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share of profits.

      2. To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a hawk.

   3. To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for. --Locke. To put off, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as a ship; to move from the shore. To put on, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently. To put over (Naut.), to sail over or across. To put to sea (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to advance into the ocean. To put up.

      1. To take lodgings; to lodge.

      2. To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange. To put up to, to advance to. [Obs.] ``With this he put up to my lord.'' --Swift. To put up with.

         1. To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment, or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or affront.

         2. To take without opposition or expressed dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad fare.