cry out forsomething
phrasal verbwithcryverb[IorT]uk/kraɪ/us/kraɪ/
C2
to need aparticularthing very much:
Thecountryiscryingout for achangeinleadership.
Lacking things
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (forsomething)idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cupboard
- demand
- hole
- lacking
- minus
- need
- needsomethinglike you need a hole in the headidiom
- needful
- needy
- shy
- taken
- unaccompanied
- unappeased
- unassuaged
- unmet