ASK FOR Definition & Meaning

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ask for

verb

to try to obtain by requesting
he asked for help
informal.
intr to behave in a provocative manner that is regarded as inviting (trouble)
she's asking for trouble
you're asking for it
to ask after
tell your parents I'm asking for them

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, ask for it . To persist in an action despite the likelihood that it will bring trouble on oneself, as in Speeding as much as he does, he has been asking for a ticket and Mary deserved that low grade; in effect, she asked for it by not studying . [c. 1900] Also see ask for the moon .

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At the same time, however, it has asked for an exemption for the raw materials it needs, such as scrap metal.

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"I've got threads and threads of nobody wanting to communicate with me, and I was asking for so much help to try and sort this out."

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Noguchi said humanities councils across the country might band together to ask for a court injunction to prevent the funding loss, which he said would be “devastating.”

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We didn't ask for a surname – many protesters prefer not to give theirs.

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As it is legally obliged to do, the government began the process for reassessing the application earlier this year and wrote to all interested parties asking for their views.

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