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Definition of
hunger for phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
hunger for
phrasal verb
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hunger for/after something/somebody
(literary)
to have a strong desire or need for something/somebody
He hungered for knowledge.
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hunger for
in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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hunger for something/somebody
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verb
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