call+for

  • 1call for — phrasal 1. to call (as at one s house) to get < I ll call for you after dinner > 2. to require as necessary or appropriate < the job calls for typing skills > < the design calls for three windows > …

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  • 2Call For Action — is the name given to telephone help lines maintained by many radio stations in the United States, beginning in the 1960s and 1970s.The lines serve as a kind of ombudsman or public service function; callers would contact the station via a special&#8230; …

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  • 3Call for Help — This article is about the TV series. For information about help calls, see Distress signal. Call for Help Second Call for Help logo …

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  • 4Call for the Dead — infobox Book | name = Call for the Dead title orig = translator = image caption = author = John le Carré illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = George Smiley genre = Crime, Spy novel publisher = Gollancz …

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  • 5Call for bids — A call for bids, call for tenders, invitation to tender (ITT), or invitation of tenders (often called tender for short) is a special procedure for generating competing offers from different bidders looking to obtain an award of business activity&#8230; …

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  • 6Call for the Saint — infobox Book | name = Call for the Saint title orig = translator = image caption = 1964 Hodder reprint edition author = Leslie Charteris cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Saint genre = Mystery, Novellas&#8230; …

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  • 7Call for papers — A call for papers (CFP) is a method used in academic and other contexts for collecting book or journal articles or conference presentations. A CFP usually is sent to interested parties, describing the broad theme, the occasion for the CFP,&#8230; …

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  • 8call for — {v.} 1. To come or go to get (someone or something). * /John called for Mary to take her to the dance./ Syn.: PICK UP. 2. To need; require. * /The cake recipe calls for two cups of flour./ * /Success in school calls for much hard study./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 9call for — {v.} 1. To come or go to get (someone or something). * /John called for Mary to take her to the dance./ Syn.: PICK UP. 2. To need; require. * /The cake recipe calls for two cups of flour./ * /Success in school calls for much hard study./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 10To call for — Call Call, v. i. 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to. [1913 Webster] You must call to the nurse. Shak. [1913 Webster] The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a demand,&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English