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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In this future, people will often read by asking for a text to be made shorter and more to-the-point, or to be changed into something different, like a podcast or multi-text report.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Big mistake by the suspect On Saturday afternoon, Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, named Boelter as the suspect in the shootings in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, and asked for the public to report any sightings of him.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 June 2025
The Pentagon has asked for $18.9 billion for projects involving military facilities -- such as barracks and laboratories -- as well as housing and childcare centers for military members.
—Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2025
In 1974, when a mining CEO wrote to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asking for U.S. recognition of his company’s claim to a stretch of seabed in the middle of the Pacific, the State Department refused.
—Time, 17 June 2025
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Big mistake by the suspect On Saturday afternoon, Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, named Boelter as the suspect in the shootings in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, and asked for the public to report any sightings of him.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 June 2025
The Pentagon has asked for $18.9 billion for projects involving military facilities -- such as barracks and laboratories -- as well as housing and childcare centers for military members.
—Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2025
In 1974, when a mining CEO wrote to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asking for U.S. recognition of his company’s claim to a stretch of seabed in the middle of the Pacific, the State Department refused.
—Time, 17 June 2025
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“Ask for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ask%20for. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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