call for

Meaning: If a person or an organisation calls for something, they state in public that it's needed, or should be done.

Synonym: demand

For example:

call for sth Community leaders are calling for an enquiry into police corruption.
call for sb to do sth The protesters have called for the president to resign.

Nouns often used as objects with
call for: investigation, ban, enquiry, laws, change, regulations, resignation, removal, reform

Quick Quiz:

After the government was accused of corruption, the opposition parties called for

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