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asks for the moon

asks for the moon is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 asks for the moon

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Asks for the moon is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ask for the moon.

Words near asks for the moon in the dictionary

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

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