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asked for the moon

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

Meaning of ask for the moon

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To claim or desire something that one cannot have.
    • Major publishers think they are taking enough risk by simply publishing gay material. To want them to publish challenging, original gay books is asking them for the moon when they think they're already giving us the stars.1987 February 1, T. R. Witomski, “Zeitgeist or Poltergeist? Why Gay Books Are So Bad”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 8

Questions about asked for the moon

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

Words near asked for the moon in the dictionary

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

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