ask someone
81throw yourself on someone's mercy — mainly literary to ask someone in authority to treat you in a kind way …
82beg someone's indulgence — ask for/beg/crave/etc someone’s indulgence spoken formal phrase used for asking someone to be patient while you say or do something I wonder, could I just crave your indulgence very briefly? Thesaurus: ways of telling or asking someone to… …
83crave someone's indulgence — ask for/beg/crave/etc someone’s indulgence spoken formal phrase used for asking someone to be patient while you say or do something I wonder, could I just crave your indulgence very briefly? Thesaurus: ways of telling or asking someone to… …
84call someone/thing to order — ask those present at a meeting to be silent so that business may proceed. → call …
85call someone/something to order — ask those present at a meeting to be silent so that business may proceed …
86Don't ask, don't tell — DADT redirects here. For the television syndication company, see Disney ABC Domestic Television. For other uses, see Don t ask, don t tell (disambiguation) …
87Go Ask Alice — infobox Book | name = Go Ask Alice title orig = translator = image caption = author = Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks) illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = publisher = SIMON PULSE release date =… …
88if you ask me — In my opinion • • • Main Entry: ↑ask * * * if you ask me spoken phrase used before you give someone your opinion about something If you ask me, she doesn’t really want the job. Thesaurus: ways of giving your opinion …
89I ask you — spoken phrase used for emphasizing that you think something is silly or shocking He arrived over an hour late for the meeting – I ask you! Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised or shockedsynonym Main entry: ask * * * I ask you …
90don't ask me — don’t ask me spoken phrase used for telling someone that you do not know the answer to their question when you are annoyed or surprised that they have asked you ‘Why did he do that?’ ‘Don’t ask me!’ Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know… …
