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View synonyms for ask for
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 .Advertisement
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