ask for someone Definition

ask
verb asked, asking

tr & intr
1. To question someone about something.

Example: asked her qualifications
Thesaurus: inquire, question, query, interrogate, quiz, catechize.
2. To call for an answer to (a question).

Example: asked what qualifications she had
3. To inquire about.

Example: ask the way
4. To invite.

Example: asked him to the dance
5. To expect.

Example: don't ask a lot of him

Idiom: for the asking

On request.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon ascian.

Phrasal Verb: ask after someone

To show concern about their health.

Phrasal Verb: ask for someone or something

To make a request for them or it.
Example: asked for directions

Phrasal Verb: ask for something

To behave in such a way as to deserve it.
Example: That's just asking for trouble

Phrasal Verb: ask someone out

To invite them on a date.

Phrasal Verb: ask someone over

To invite them round, especially to one's own house.