单词 | ask for |
释义 | ask forSEE SYNONYMS FOR ask for ON THESAURUS.COM verb (preposition)to try to obtain by requestinghe asked for help (intr) informal to behave in a provocative manner that is regarded as inviting (trouble)she's asking for trouble; you're asking for it Scot to ask aftertell your parents I'm asking for them Words nearby ask foraskarel, askari, ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answer, askew, Askey, ask for, ask for the moon, asking bid, asking price, Askja, Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with ask forask for 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. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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