as in to ask
to make a request of
she's always hitting me up for money
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During the news conference, several people described how the fires had affected their families and asked public officials to hold oil companies to account.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Now those same voters have to ask themselves: How much better was CC than those two guys?—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Inside, games such as shuffleboard, table tennis and foosball will invite locals to stay a while.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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The designer then invited Shaid to New York to walk the spring 2023 show.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vogue,
25 Jan. 2025
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Many visitors will seek out her section near the T-Mobile entrance gate by Lot M, and co-workers have requested to work directly with her.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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The program enabled 1,450 people a day to schedule appointments at a port of entry to request asylum.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Hit (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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