cry for

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cry for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer"

cry out for

necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

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battle cry call cry cry down cry off cry up crying eyes hollo hoot howl hue and cry mewl outcry rallying cry scream screech screeching shout			The hurry of the times, the loading and discharging organization of the docks, the use of hoisting machinery which works quickly and will not wait, the cry for prompt despatch, the very size of his ship, stand nowadays between the modern seaman and the thorough knowledge of his craft. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context She did not feel that the bed was cold, and did not heed whether the child would wake and cry for her. Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context I had only to induce her to follow me when I stepped on the deck, to seize her in my arms, and to jump overboard with her before she could utter a cry for help. The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context			crustlike crustose crustose thallus crusty Crut crutch Crutched Crutched Friar crutchings Cruth Crutzen Crux crux ansata Crux Australis crux of the matter Cruyff Cruz cruzado Cruzan cruzeiro cruzeiro real cruzie crwth cry cry down cry for cry off cry out cry out for cry up cry-baby tree cryaesthesia Cryal crybaby crybaby tree Cryer cryesthesia crying crymotherapy cryo- cryoanaesthesia cryoanesthesia cryobank cryobiology cryocable cryocautery cryogen cryogenic cryogenic liquid cryogenics cryogeny			CRWVA CRWW Crx CRXER CRXXI cry cry cry cry cry cry cry all the way to the bank Cry Baby Cry Baby Cry Baby Cry cry before one is hurt cry bloody murder cry crocodile tears Cry de pays cry down cry down cry down cry down Cry du chat Cry Engine 3 cry eyes out cry eyes out cry eyes out cry eyes out cry eyes out cry for Cry for Help Cry for Help Cry for Liberty Team Cry for the Moon cry havoc cry havoc cry havoc cry havoc Cry Havoc Productions cry heart out cry heart out cry heart out cry heart out cry heart out cry in beer cry like a baby Cry Me a River Cry More Noob Cry Of A Drowning Man cry of blood cry off cry off cry off cry off cry on (someone's) shoulder cry on (someone's) shoulder cry on (someone's) shoulder cry on (someone's) shoulder cry oneself to sleep cry out

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