cry out for
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
When something or someone really, really needs something — it's obvious and urgent.
"This city's public transport system is crying out for investment and modernization."
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Absolute Batman: Full Story (So far)
Comics Explained · 95:38
they will cry out for virtually anyone to save them.
Fantasies of Nuremberg
Jacob Geller · 42:53
The earth did not cry out for vengeance, the earth just cries.