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View definitions for called for

called for

verb as in demand; entail

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Feel free to replace the called-for spices with store-bought chili seasoning to taste.

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Check out this detailed walkthrough from Food 52 for making sufganiyot, but instead of the called-for apricot jam, consider a variation that uses blood orange marmalade.

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Too many people in that organization are overpaid and lack the called-for belly fire.

But Dad hated unprintable words, and the fact that he had stood up for his son didn’t prevent him from holding a full-dress court of inquiry once he got home, and administering the called-for punishment.

Finally, I decided to use panko — and more of it — than the called-for fine bread crumbs, which melted into the sauce on top and didn’t stand in as well for the breading that I had jettisoned.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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