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ask after

verb

  1. preposition to make inquiries about the health of (someone)

    he asked after her mother

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

That's the question you have to ask after seeing such a magnificent performance from Erik ten Hag's side to win Saturday's FA Cup final.

From BBC

I ask, after a minute of watching this gray-haired lady make meat loaf.

A good question to ask, after that, is why they want so many people to remain ignorant.

From Salon

Meanwhile, Oleh’s 78-year-old father, Stepan Kovalyk, went to the Russians’ local headquarters to ask after his son.

That doesn’t seem too much to ask after 159 years and counting.

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