ask around

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ask around (third-person singular simple present asks around, present participle asking around, simple past and past participle asked around)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To enquire of different people about something.
    I don't know the answer to that, but maybe someone else does – I'll ask around.
    • 1986 June, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, “GoB Criteria”, in The Mad 3 Party, number 12, page 18:
      So a concom has to look twice, ask around, and gather information judiciously.

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