call for
phrasal verbcall for somebody
- (especially British English) to collect somebody in order to go somewhere
- I'll call for you at 7 o'clock.
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call for something
- to need something
- The situation calls for prompt action.
- ‘I've been promoted.’ ‘This calls for a celebration!’
- to publicly ask for something to happen
- They called for the immediate release of the hostages.
- The opposition have called for him to resign.