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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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – A $200 million loss for WB where no one asked for a looter shooter featuring that group as opposed to another single player superhero game from Rocksteady. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Law enforcement is asking for the public's help in determining who left four, mangled deer carcasses on a Madison County road. —

Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024 The court asked for responses to the competing briefs by next Friday. —

David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024 Dune Cast: Meet the New and Returning Stars of the Sci-Fi Franchise Though fans expressed frustrations in seeing Zendaya, 28, have only seven minutes of screentime in the first half, Chalamet, 29, couldn’t have asked for a better costar. —

Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ask for