call for

Meaning

1. Editorial45% of films

   to summon a person or ask for help or assistance to come

2. Oxford30% of films

   to publicly ask for sth to happen

3. Oxford10% of films

   to need sth

In the movies · 31

• One business and that don't call for me putting 200 quid into another man's game.Night and the City1950
• don't call for me to throw you no rope, no lifesaver, or no nothing. No nothing.Do the Right Thing1989
• Of course l can swim, if the occasion calls for it.The Mummy1999
• Okay, call for-- call for help.The Lost City2022
• Call for backup.G-Force2009
• Call for you.xXx: State of the Union2005
• Call for you, Dude.The Big Lebowski1998
• And call for me,Avatar: The Way of Water2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Night and the City1950
  • Harry Pitches His Fuel Pill to Mary
  • Mary Borrows Money From Adam
  • Harry Gets the Club Rules
• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded

From the same entry

• call bluff
• call into play
• call into question
• call it a day
• call it quits
• call names
• call the shots
• call a spade a spade
• call time
• call to account
• call to order
• on the carpet

More phrasal verbs

• do without
• blend in
• go through with
• start up
• face up to
• go over
• go along with
• catch on
• come in
• fool around
• come out
• go against