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ask for

verb

to try to obtain by requesting
he asked for help
informal.
intr to behave in a provocative manner that is regarded as inviting (trouble)
she's asking for trouble
you're asking for it
to ask after
tell your parents I'm asking for them

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, ask for it . To persist in an action despite the likelihood that it will bring trouble on oneself, as in Speeding as much as he does, he has been asking for a ticket and Mary deserved that low grade; in effect, she asked for it by not studying . [c. 1900] Also see ask for the moon .

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