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asking how high when someone says jump

asking how high when someone says jump is the present participle and gerund of ask how high when someone says jump.

Meaning of ask how high when someone says jump

Verb

ask how high when someone says jump (third-person singular simple present asks how high when someone says jump, present participle asking how high when someone says jump, simple past and past participle asked how high when someone said jump)

  1. To obey someone's commands slavishly, without argument.
    • […] They say jump, you say "how high?"1992, Rage against the Machine, Bullet in the Head

Questions about asking how high when someone says jump

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Asking how high when someone says jump is the present participle and gerund of ask how high when someone says jump.

Words near asking how high when someone says jump in the dictionary

  1. asking for a friend
  2. asking for it
  3. asking for someone's hand in marriage
  4. asking for the moon
  5. asking for trouble
  6. asking how high when someone says jump
  7. asking in
  8. Asking Jeeves
  9. asking out
  10. asking over
  11. asking price

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