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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