ask around

phrasal verb

asked around; asking around; asks around

: to ask many people to tell one information about someone or something

Maybe you should ask around to find out more about this guy.

We usually ask around before trying a new restaurant.

Examples of ask around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To refine their results, the researchers then asked around 300 participants to take narcissism assessments and to record their feelings of past and present ostracism, reporting present ostracism over a period of 14 days. —Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025

In asking around, the players in the dressing room are sure a couple of tweaks are coming and are welcoming any boost to the lineup. —Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

Image Her father would ask around about what the latest trends were. —Claire Fahy, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025

Police officials had been spotted asking around for video footage of a Citi Bike kiosk on Madison Avenue and 82nd Street in Manhattan early Wednesday afternoon, according to The New York Times. —Wes Davis, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024

And that someone is none other than Dougal MacKenzie (Graham McTavish), looking for the man who has been asking around about fairies. —Lincee Ray, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024

Be willing to ask around if anyone knows about anything that might be up your alley. —Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024

In fact, anyone who asked around would soon learn that no one seemed to know what Clarke’s job was. —Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024

Central Texas has strong Czech roots (ask around for a kolache shop recommendation), and Hotel Pivovar embraces that identity. —Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024

Rhymes for ask around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background