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RELATED WORDS : ask ask for it ask for trouble ask in ask jeeves ask out ask over ask round

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb ask for has 1 sense

• ask for(v = verb.emotion) invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"
is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

THESAURUS

ask for

abet, aid and abet, angle for, apply for, ask, beat about for, beg leave, bespeak, blackmail, call for, challenge, claim, clamor for, countenance, crave, cry for, delve for, demand, desire, dig for, encourage, exact, extort, feed, file for, fish for, follow, foster, give encouragement, go gunning for, gun for, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, impose, indent, invite, issue an ultimatum, keep in countenance, levy, look, look for, look up, make a demand, make a request, make a requisition, make application, nourish, nurture, order, order up, place an order, prowl after, pursue, put in for, put in requisition, quest, request, require, requisition, screw, search for, see to, seek, seek for, still-hunt, try to find, warn, whistle for, wish

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