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See: IN DEMAND.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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in demand

[in demand] {adj. phr.} Needed; wanted. * /Men to shovel snow were in demand after the snow storm./ * /The book about dogs was much in demand in the library./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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