cry for help

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cry, for, help.

   • We heard the drowning woman's cries for help and ran to assist.
2. 2

   Acting out as a means of displaying a subconscious desire for attention or help.

   • In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.

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