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A Writer's Dictionary:

asking Definition


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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.


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