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who's asking

who's asking phrase: used to ask a stranger asking a question to identify themselves.

Phrase

who's asking?

  1. Used to ask a stranger asking a question to identify themselves
    • "Are you the owner of this vehicle?" / "Who's asking?"

Questions about who's asking

What does who's asking mean?
Who's asking means used to ask a stranger asking a question to identify themselves.
What part of speech is who's asking?
Who's asking is a phrase.

Words near who's asking in the dictionary

  1. who's
  2. who's 'she', the cat's mother
  3. who's a good boy
  4. who's a good girl
  5. who's a pretty boy then
  6. who's asking
  7. who's calling
  8. who's on first
  9. who's on firsts
  10. who's robbing this coach
  11. who's to say?

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