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call for
verb calls for · calling for · called for
- To shout out in order to summon (a person). I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy.
- To ask for in a loud voice. We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine.
- To request, demand. The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region.
- To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate This situation calls for a high degree of courage.
- To stop at a place and ask for (someone). I'll call for you just after midday.
- To anticipate, predict. The forecast calls for rain.
