- cry out for
- cry out for (something)
to need something badly.
The conflict cries out for international action to resolve it.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
cry out for
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cry\ out\ for — • cry (out) for v informal To need badly; be lacking in. It has not rained for two weeks and the garden is crying for it. The school is crying out for good teachers … Словарь американских идиом
cry out for — index desire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cry out for — verb need badly or desperately (Freq. 1) This question cries out for an answer • Syn: ↑cry for • Hypernyms: ↑necessitate, ↑ask, ↑postulate, ↑need, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
cry out for — phrasal verb [transitive, usually progressive] Word forms cry out for : present tense I/you/we/they cry out for he/she/it cries out for present participle crying out for past tense cried out for past participle cried out for cry out for something … English dictionary
cry out for something — cry out for (something) to need something badly. The conflict cries out for international action to resolve it … New idioms dictionary
cry out for something — ˌcry ˈout for sth derived (usually used in the progressive tenses) to need sth very much • The company is crying out for fresh new talent. Main entry: ↑cryderived … Useful english dictionary
cry out for — PHRASAL VERB If you say that something cries out for a particular thing or action, you mean that it needs that thing or action very much. [V P P n] This is a disgraceful state of affairs and cries out for a thorough investigation … English dictionary
cry out for — verb To say that a situation needs a thing, or a solution urgently. This state of affairs is crying out for an independent investigation … Wiktionary
cry out for — need something badly, be lacking The new room that he built cries out for a new set of furniture … Idioms and examples
ˌcry ˈout for sth — phrasal verb to need something a lot in a way that is obvious This room is crying out for some new furniture.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
