scream for

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Verb

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scream for (third-person singular simple present screams for, present participle screaming for, simple past and past participle screamed for)

  1. (transitive) To demand (something).
    The people scream for tax relief.
  2. (transitive) To be appropriate for (something); to be better with (something).
    A rash like that screams for calamine lotion.