Usually means: Express desire or need emotionally.
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  1. cry for: Merriam-Webster
  2. cry for: Vocabulary.com
  3. cry for: Dictionary.com
  4. cry for: Rhymezone
  5. cry for: FreeDictionary.org
  6. cry for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. cry for: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cry for: Legal dictionary

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  1. cry for: Idioms

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verb:  need badly or desperately


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