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ask the question

ask the question verb: to make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.

Verb

ask the question (third-person singular simple present asks the question, present participle asking the question, simple past and past participle asked the question)

  1. (informal) To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to ask a given question.

Forms of ask the question

third-person singular presentasks the question
present participleasking the question
past participleasked the question
pastasked the question

Questions about ask the question

What does ask the question mean?
Ask the question means to make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.
What part of speech is ask the question?
Ask the question is a verb.
What is the past tense of ask the question?
The past tense of ask the question is asked the question.

Words near ask the question in the dictionary

  1. ask over
  2. ask price
  3. ask prices
  4. ask round
  5. ask the impossible
  6. ask the question
  7. askability
  8. askable
  9. askal
  10. askals
  11. Askam

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