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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ask for vb (preposition)

to try to obtain by requesting
(intransitive) informal to behave in a provocative manner that is regarded as inviting (trouble): she's asking for trouble, you're asking for it

'ask for' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

ask after - bespeak - bite - chugger - desire - help - Herodias - perquisite - postulate - quarter - request - supplicate - touch - account - advertise - appeal - ask - beg - bide - bold-faced - call - compete - could - counsel - create - decide - demand - effrontery - forespeak - go - hat - hitchhike - impetrate - milquetoast - opinion - peace - postulant - require - runaround - take - timing - screw - seek

Forum discussions with the word(s) "ask for" in the title:

... other than_____ (ask) for something
...ask them for reasons for that?
'Did you ask when he will come home for dinner?’ [Past tense and future tense]
(ask) not that I hated him any less for it
a polite way to ask for absence for a meeting
Accounting voucher? [slip to ask company for reimbursement]
all my instincts of pain and revenge and humiliation for having to ask her, of all people
Am writing to ask for a single room...
Are you shy to ask for help?
ask him for vs ask it from him
ask 'for' him / hoping 'for' his mother
ask (for) ?
ask (for) [opinion; a cup of tea]
ask (for) a favour
Ask (for) her hand in marriage
Ask (for) permission
ask (for) something in return
ask (for) your photo
ask / ask for
ask / ask for
ask / ask for money back
ask + noun/pronoun+for + something
ask a favor / ask for a favor [+ favour]
ask a stranger for time
ask about/ask for
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