stand in need of

verb

Roget 630: require, need, want, have occasion for; not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with; prerequire^†.    render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition; make a requisition etc. (ask for) 765, (demand) 741.    stand in need of; lack etc. 640; desiderate^†; desire etc. 865; be necessary etc. Adj. ... show more

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