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Definition of call for phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

call for

phrasal verb
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call for somebody
  1. (especially British English) to collect somebody in order to go somewhere
    • I'll call for you at 7 o'clock.
call for something
  1.  
     to need something
    • The situation calls for prompt action.
    • ‘I've been promoted.’ ‘This calls for a celebration!’
    see also uncalled for
  2.  
     to publicly ask for something to happen
    • They called for the immediate release of the hostages.
    • The opposition have called for him to resign.
See call for in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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