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/kraɪ aʊt/ · cry·out
verb
- To shout loudly, especially because of pain, fear, or unhappiness. She began to cry out when the fire alarm sounded, alerting everyone to the danger.
- To demand or call for something emphatically. The crowd began to cry out for justice after the verdict was announced.
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Did you know? The phrase “cry out” appears in Shakespeare’s *King Lear* (Act I, Scene 4), where the character cries out, “O, let me not be mad, but I will cry out for help!” highlighting its long literary history.