ask for

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Verb

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

  1. To request.
    I asked for a glass of water.
    • 2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN‎:
      Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.
  2. To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite.
    If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.

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