ask for

phrasal verb

asked for; asking for; asks for
: to request to see or talk to (someone)
Unhappy with the service, he asked for the store manager.
There's someone on the phone asking for you.

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If the judge does not agree to the request to exclude the footage, Combs' team is asking for a pretrial hearing in which their forensic analyst could share his findings about the various videos. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025 Courtesy of Netflix At 10:30 p.m., after hours of negotiations, the gunman asked for water. Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 18 Apr. 2025 Another cab driver at the office identified Ali as the one asking for the ride, but the other two men waited outside and couldn’t be identified. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025 But, Sanchez-Medina has been asked for financial data and bank records. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ask for

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“Ask for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ask%20for. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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