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call for

To shout out in order to summon.
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I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'call for':

call forTo ask for in a loud voice.
call forTo request, demand.
call forTo necessitate, demand.
call forTo stop at a place and ask for.
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