cry out

Meaning

1. Oxford50% of films

   to make a loud sound without words because you are hurt, afraid, surprised, etc.

   "I want to cry out for help, but...

   The lost fairies cry out!

In the movies · 33

• What the hell. Come on, for crying out loud.M*A*S*H1970
• The guy's a fuckin' rabbit's foot, for crying out loud.Reservoir Dogs1992
• Get into trouble, for crying out loud.The Sandlot1993
• The lost fairies cry out!Frozen II2019
• Cry out, "Mercy."Braveheart1995
• "I want to cry out for help, but...Mysterious Skin2005
• Better let her have her cry out and have done with it.Sense and Sensibility1995
• cried out for help.The Boondock Saints1999

Learn it in full scenes

• M*A*S*H1970
  • Hawkeye and Duke Report for Duty
  • Mulcahy Teaches Ho-Jon to Read
  • Hawkeye and Duke Want the Chaplain Out
• Reservoir Dogs1992
  • The Madonna Theory Debate
  • Mr. Pink Refuses to Tip
  • Mr. White Reassures Mr. Orange
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

• cry foul
• cry over spilt milk
• cry wolf
• for crying out loud
• laugh till you cry
• not know whether to laugh or cry
• a shoulder to cry on
• cry off
• cry out out
• cry out for
• in full cry
• a far cry from