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for the asking

for the asking prepositional phrase: available for someone to have something just by asking for it, i.e., without any significant effort or outlay; freely.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Available for someone to have something just by asking for it, i.e., without any significant effort or outlay; freely.
    • All you have to do is go to the interview. The job is yours for the asking.
    • […] he [Mavji Dave] said: ' […] I would far rather that you sent him to England. My son Kevalram says it is very easy to become a barrister. In three years' time he will return. Also expenses will not exceed four to five thousand rupees. Think of that barrister who has just come back from England....1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi

Questions about for the asking

What does for the asking mean?
For the asking means available for someone to have something just by asking for it, i.e., without any significant effort or outlay; freely.
What part of speech is for the asking?
For the asking is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for the asking in the dictionary

  1. for sure
  2. for that
  3. for that manner
  4. for that matter
  5. for the ages
  6. for the asking
  7. for the best
  8. for the better
  9. for the birds
  10. for the book
  11. for the books

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