за компанию

• ЗА КОМПАНИЮ (с кем; ДЛЯ КОМПАНИИ both coll

[PrepP; these forms only ; adv]

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⇒ (in refer, to one's or s.o.'s participation in an activity in which one or s.o. would not have engaged had others not been engaging in it) (to do sth.) with another or others when he is or they are doing it, (to get s.o. to do sth. or take s.o.) with one when one is doing sth.:

- (come <go etc>) along with s.o.;

- (take s.o. etc) along with one;

- join in;

- join s.o.;

- (do sth.) because s.o. is doing it;

- [when a person participates in sth. in order to make it more enjoyable for another or others](do sth.) to keep s.o. company;

- (take s.o. with one etc) to keep one company;

- for company. Алеша цирк не любит, но у нас был лишний билет, и он решил пойти за компанию. Alyosha doesn't like the circus, but since we had an extra ticket he decided to come along with us.

     ♦ [Галина:]...Бывал ли ты когда-нибудь в церкви? [Зилов:] Да. Раз мы заходили с ребятами. По пьянке. А ты? [Галина:] А я с бабушкой. За компанию (Вампилов 5). [G :] Have you ever been to church? [Z.:] Yes. Looked in once with some of my mates, when we were drunk. Have you? [G.:] I went with my grandmother. To keep her company (5a).

     ♦ "Пошли, Вася, будь другом, за компанию" (Максимов 3). "Come on, Vasilii, be a pal, keep us company" (3a)

     ♦ По-моему, они даже не держали кухарку, а столовались у соседей, куда иногда за компанию затаскивали и меня пить чай или ужинать в большой компании московских беженцев, где я познакомился с некоторыми известными людьми (Катаев 3). I believe they did not even have a cook Instead they ate with their neighbours. Sometimes they took me in there with them for company to have tea or supper with a large gathering of Moscow refugees, where I met many famous people (3a).