WordNet
cry for
v. need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer" [syn: cry out for]
Usage examples of "cry for".
She raised her arm into the air and gave a cry for the children to advance.
Think of this, then: when you asked my lord to spare Zemarkhos, it was not from love, but to keep him from being a martyr and a rallying cry for zealots.
Perhaps she had indeed sensed my cry for help, yet she gave no outer sign that she had done so.
The caller had been female, in a panic, and had blurted out a cry for help before the phone went dead.