cry out for

cry out for
demand as a self-evident requirement or solution:
cry

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  • cry out for — index desire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law 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 — See: CRY FOR …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cry out for — See: CRY FOR …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cry out — verb To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness. 1979, See Also: cry out against, cry out for …   Wiktionary

  • To cry out — Cry Cry (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To cry out against — Cry Cry (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To cry out on — Cry Cry (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To cry out upon — Cry Cry (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To cry out — Cry Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. [1913 Webster] All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I ll speak. Shak. [1913 Webster] The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Don't Cry Out Loud (song) — Don t Cry Out Loud Single by Melissa Manchester from the album Don t Cry Out Loud B side We Had This Time Released October 1978 …   Wikipedia

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