cry : Idioms & Phrases

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A far cry

  • a long distance; in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.
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battle cry

  • noun a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
    battle cry; rallying cry; war whoop.
  • noun a slogan used to rally support for a cause
    rallying cry; cry; watchword; battle cry.
    • a cry to arms
    • our watchword will be `democracy'
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cry for

  • verb need badly or desperately
    cry for.
    • This question cries out for an answer
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cry out

  • verb utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
    exclaim; call out; cry; shout; outcry.
    • `I won!' he exclaimed
    • `Help!' she cried
    • `I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost
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cry out for

  • verb need badly or desperately
    cry for.
    • This question cries out for an answer
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cry-baby tree

  • noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
    Erythrina crista-galli; common coral tree; ceibo; crybaby tree.
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far cry

  • noun distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry
    • it's a far cry from here
  • noun a disappointing disparity
    • it was a far cry from what he had expected
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Full cry

  • (Hunting), eager chase; said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
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Hue and cry

  • noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
    clamor; clamour; clamoring; clamouring.
    • he ignored the clamor of the crowd
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  • (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him.
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rallying cry

  • noun a slogan used to rally support for a cause
    rallying cry; cry; watchword; battle cry.
    • a cry to arms
    • our watchword will be `democracy'
  • noun a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
    battle cry; rallying cry; war whoop.
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Tin cry

  • (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the crystal granules on each other.
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To cry aim

  • (Archery), to encourage. Obs. Shak.
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To cry cupboard

  • to call for food; to express hunger. Colloq. "My stomach cries cupboard." W. Irving.
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To cry down

  • to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to condemn.
    Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it. Tillotson.
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To cry halves

  • to claim an equal share with another.
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To cry on ∨ upon

  • to call upon the name of; to beseech."No longer on Saint Denis will we cry." Shak.
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To cry out

  • . (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. (b) To complain loudly; to lament.
  • to proclaim; to shout."Your gesture cries it out." Shak.
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To cry out against

  • to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame.
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To cry out on ∨ upon

  • to denounce; to censure. "Cries out upon abuses." Shak.
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To cry quits

  • to propose, or declare, the abandonment of a contest.
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To cry to

  • to call on in prayer; to implore.
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To cry up

  • to enhance the value or reputation of by public and noisy praise; to extol; to laud publicly or urgently.
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To cry you mercy

  • to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you?" Shak.
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War cry

  • noun a slogan used to rally support for a cause
    rallying cry; cry; watchword; battle cry.
    • a cry to arms
    • our watchword will be `democracy'
  • noun a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
    battle cry; rallying cry; war whoop.
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  • a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry.
Webster 1913