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Phrase(s): cry out for someone or something
1. to shout praise or encouragement for someone or something. • Everyone in the street cried out for the mayor to make an appearance. 2. to shout out demands for someone or something. • The children cried out for ice cream. • The mob was crying out for justice when they heard the unpopular sentences of the judge.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs