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asked and answered

asked and answered phrase: a type of objection in which the same attorney continues to ask the same question but has already received an answer.

Phrase

asked and answered

  1. (US) A type of objection in which the same attorney continues to ask the same question but has already received an answer.

Questions about asked and answered

What does asked and answered mean?
Asked and answered means a type of objection in which the same attorney continues to ask the same question but has already received an answer.
What part of speech is asked and answered?
Asked and answered is a phrase.

Words near asked and answered in the dictionary

  1. Askaryan radiation
  2. aske
  3. Askeaton
  4. asked
  5. asked after
  6. asked and answered
  7. asked around
  8. asked back
  9. asked for
  10. asked for it
  11. asked for someone's hand in marriage

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