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.
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Block noted that the family had already spent hundreds of dollars at Universal before being accused of stealing the keychain and was not asking for any compensation.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
If somebody wants to coöperate, ICE can ask for anything.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
DuPage County prosecutors are requesting his pre-trial release in his previous case be revoked, and are asking for him to be held in custody before facing these new charges.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
The Marlins asked for him in trade talks with the Yankees about Cabrera last month.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
If somebody wants to coöperate, ICE can ask for anything.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
DuPage County prosecutors are requesting his pre-trial release in his previous case be revoked, and are asking for him to be held in custody before facing these new charges.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
The Marlins asked for him in trade talks with the Yankees about Cabrera last month.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Ask for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ask%20for. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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