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asked for

asked for is the simple past and past participle of ask for.

Meaning of ask for

Verb

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

  1. To request; to order.
    • I asked for a glass of water.
    Synonyms:
    request
  2. To increase the likelihood of something undesirable by persisting in some action; to invite.
    • If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.

Questions about asked for

What is asked for the simple past and past participle of?
Asked for is the simple past and past participle of ask for.

Words near asked for in the dictionary

  1. asked
  2. asked after
  3. asked and answered
  4. asked around
  5. asked back
  6. asked for
  7. asked for it
  8. asked for someone's hand in marriage
  9. asked for the moon
  10. asked for trouble
  11. asked how high when someone said jump

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asked for (page history and authors); ask for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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