scream for in English

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    {
      "form": "screams for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "screaming for",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "screamed for",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "screamed for",
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        "past"
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          "text": "The people scream for tax relief.",
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        "To demand (something)."
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        "(transitive) To demand (something)."
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          "text": "A rash like that screams for calamine lotion.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be appropriate for (something); to be better with (something)."
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        "(transitive) To be appropriate for (something); to be better with (something)."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "scream for"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
    "English verbs",
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      "form": "screams for",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "screaming for",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "screamed for",
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        "past"
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      "form": "screamed for",
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        "To demand (something)."
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        "(transitive) To demand (something)."
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    },
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        "(transitive) To be appropriate for (something); to be better with (something)."
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  "word": "scream for"
}

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"scream for" meaning in English

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