call for

call for
phr verb
Call for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑campaign, ↑congress, ↑Congressman, Congresswoman, ↑demonstration, ↑demonstrator, ↑document, ↑forecast, ↑manifesto, ↑occasion, ↑petition, ↑plan, ↑process, ↑protester, ↑rally, ↑recipe, ↑recommendation, ↑report, ↑resolution, ↑session
Call for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑action, ↑aid, ↑ambulance, ↑armistice, ↑assistance, ↑ban, ↑bid, ↑boycott, ↑calm, ↑ceasefire, ↑change, ↑clarification, ↑cooperation, ↑crackdown, ↑creation, ↑discretion, ↑dismissal, ↑encore, ↑end, ↑enquiry, ↑establishment, ↑expansion, ↑explanation, ↑expulsion, ↑halt, ↑hearing, ↑help, ↑improvement, ↑independence, ↑industrial action, ↑intervention, ↑investigation, ↑legislation, ↑moderation, ↑moratorium, ↑planning, ↑postponement, ↑precision, ↑rally, ↑recognition, ↑reconciliation, ↑referendum, ↑reform, ↑regulation, ↑reinforcement, ↑relaxation, ↑removal, ↑resignation, ↑restraint, ↑return, ↑review, ↑revision, ↑revolution, ↑sanction, ↑shake-up, ↑stoppage, ↑tact, ↑unity, ↑volunteer, ↑withdrawal

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  • call for — index command, demand, desire, entail, exact, market (demand), necessitate, request …   Law dictionary

  • call for — verb 1. express the need or desire for; ask for (Freq. 24) She requested an extra bed in her room She called for room service • Syn: ↑request, ↑bespeak, ↑quest • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • call for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms call for : present tense I/you/we/they call for he/she/it calls for present participle calling for past tense called for past participle called for 1) call for something to say publicly that something must… …   English dictionary

  • call for — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere. [V P n] I shall be calling for you at seven o clock. Syn: pick up 2) PHRASAL VERB If you call for something, you demand that it… …   English dictionary

  • call for — phrasal 1. to call (as at one s house) to get < I ll call for you after dinner > 2. to require as necessary or appropriate < the job calls for typing skills > < the design calls for three windows > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • call for — desperate times call for desperate measures Syn: require, need, necessitate; justify, warrant …   Thesaurus of popular words

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