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asking for

asking for is the present participle and gerund 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 asking for

What is asking for the present participle and gerund of?
Asking for is the present participle and gerund of ask for.

Words near asking for in the dictionary

  1. askin'
  2. asking
  3. asking after
  4. asking around
  5. asking back
  6. asking for
  7. asking for a friend
  8. asking for it
  9. asking for someone's hand in marriage
  10. asking for the moon
  11. asking for trouble

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asking 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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