call for

[call for] {v.}

1. To come or go to get (someone or something).

* /John called for Mary to take her to the dance./

Syn.: PICK UP. 2. To need; require.

* /The cake recipe calls for two cups of flour./

* /Success in school calls for much hard study./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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