ask for

verb

1. to try to obtain by requesting

   he asked for help

2. informal.
   intr to behave in a provocative manner that is regarded as inviting (trouble)

   she's asking for trouble

   you're asking for it

3. to ask after

   tell your parents I'm asking for them

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 .

Example Sentences

But after six weeks of trying to arrange sessions, Kelly asked for a refund which was eventually returned.

From BBC

These two women didn't ask for this grief, and Gaetz's denials and other obstructive behavior have made this already painful process worse for them.

From Salon

"We've seen it a lot in this campaign. I feel our identity has been clear, which is more than I could have asked for. I'm really over the moon with that," Bellamy says.

From BBC

She says many people come here and ask for their children to get jobs or to get into a good school.

From BBC

Nearing their destination, the excited couple were unable to find the dome and Samantha pulled up to a pub to ask for directions to what she assumed would be a local landmark.

From BBC

Related Words

• assert
• call for
• claim
• confront
• defy
• demand
• denounce
• impose
• require
• test
• try