ask out

Idioms and Phrases

Invite someone to something, such as dinner, the theater, or a date. For example, We've been asked out to dinner twice this week , or Mary felt shy about asking John out . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

I don't ask out of curiosity; this is something that concerns me nearly as much as it does you yourself.

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She spoke to him with her brows, afraid to ask out loud why he had done this, though there could be only one reason.

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I ask out of politeness, dear; I don't really care in the least how your ankle is!

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Do you ask out of courteous curiosity, as meeting travelers may do, or for some other reason?

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I don't ask out of any impertinent curiosity, but that I hate being foiled in a thing of this kind.

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