Meaning of cry for help | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cry, for, help.
2. Acting out as a means of displaying a subconscious desire for attention or help.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“We heard the drowning woman's cries for help⟳ and ran to assist.”

“In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry⟳ for help⟳, or if she was simply misbehaving.”

“Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show⟳, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry⟳ for help⟳” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own⟳ “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment⟳.”

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