ask+for
31ask for trouble — to behave in a way that will cause you problems. Drinking before driving is asking for trouble. Phil wondered why Deegan was always looking for trouble. Related vocabulary: ask for something …
32ask for — Synonyms and related words: abet, aid and abet, angle for, apply for, ask, beat about for, beg leave, bespeak, blackmail, call for, challenge, claim, clamor for, countenance, crave, cry for, delve for, demand, desire, dig for, encourage, exact,… …
33ask for — say that one wants to speak to. → ask …
34ask for it — if you say that someone who gets hurt or punished was asking for it, you mean that they deserved what happened to them. Picking a fight with those hooligans was really asking for it. Fired? Well, she asked for it, didn t she? …
35ask for — / ɑ:sk fɔ:/ verb 1. to say that you want or need something ● They asked for more time to repay the loan. 2. to put a price on something for sale ● They are asking £24,000 for the car …
36ask for — {v.}, {informal} To make (something bad) likely to happen to you; bring (something bad) upon yourself. * /Charles drives fast on worn out tires; he is asking for trouble./ * /The workman lost his job, but he asked for it by coming to work drunk… …
37ask for — {v.}, {informal} To make (something bad) likely to happen to you; bring (something bad) upon yourself. * /Charles drives fast on worn out tires; he is asking for trouble./ * /The workman lost his job, but he asked for it by coming to work drunk… …
38ask for — verb a) to request I asked for a glass of water. b) To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite. If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble. Syn …
39ask\ for — v informal To make (something bad) likely to happen to you; bring (something bad) upon yourself. Charles drives fast on worn out tires; he is asking for trouble. The workman lost his job, but he asked for it by coming to work drunk several times …
40ask for — request; search for, look for …
