ask for
verb1
To request; to order.
- I asked for a glass of water.
- 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.2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN:
2
To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite.
- If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.
- Synonyms
- request
- Derived terms
- ask for the moon, ask for seconds
- Related terms
- beg