Synonyms for ask for
ask for

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1. ask forverb

   Synonyms:
   request

2. ask forverb

   to request

   I asked for a glass of water.

   Synonyms:
   request

3. ask forverb

   To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite.

   If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.

   Synonyms:
   request

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1. invite, ask forverb

   increase the likelihood of

   "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"

   Synonyms:
   bid, ask in, invite, ask over, tempt, pay for, take in, call for, ask round, receive

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1. Randall Magiera:

   When criminals attack individual users, they often ask for small amounts of money, as they know most individuals can't or won't pay thousands of dollars to get their data back.

2. Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal:

   It is rare that in any inspection a facility would come out with no citations, if it's a number of citations, all of which are low-level, we ask for a plan of correction. We make sure the facility follows through -- and that's what this facility did here.

3. Jennifer Palmieri:

   I don't feel that level of discomfort. I don't see a lot of evidence of it. I see Hillary Clinton leading, beating every Republican in most national polls, the vast majority of national polls, in the coverage, it gets lost: She has the most money, and she's beating every Republican in most of the polls. So you can't really ask for much more than that.

4. John Lennon:

   I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend, and my best friend's my wife. Who could ask for anything more?

5. Elayne Boosler:

   My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.