cry for help

Definition

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

Example Sentences

• "We heard the drowning woman's cries for help and ran to assist."
• "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."
• "Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment."