ask for

phrasal verb

asked for; asking for; asks for

: to request to see or talk to (someone)

Unhappy with the service, he asked for the store manager.

There's someone on the phone asking for you.

Examples of ask for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In recent months, Adrian Perica, Apple’s vice president of corporate development, has helped spearhead an effort to bring generative A.I. to the masses, said two people with knowledge of the work, who asked for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the effort. —

Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 9 June 2024 Our customers are not asking for an electric Aston. —

Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 June 2024 President Biden, every year in his State of the Union, has asked for bipartisan initiatives to address the border and to address immigration. —

CBS News, 9 June 2024 In one, Zooey Deschanel asks her phone about delivering tomato soup; in another, John Malkovich asks for some existential life advice. —

David Pierce, The Verge, 8 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for ask for

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