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  • 1ask someone for a rain check — ask (someone) for a rain check American, informal I ll take a rain check something that you say when you cannot accept someone s invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time. I was supposed to see Marge on Saturday I ll… …

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  • 2ask someone to believe something — informal phrase used about things that are difficult to believe because they seem false or wrong Are you seriously asking me to believe that you knew nothing about this? Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing that something is not true or likelysynonym… …

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  • 3ask someone out — invite someone out on a date. → ask …

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  • 4ask someone to believe something — informal used about things that are difficult to believe because they seem false or wrong Are you seriously asking me to believe that you knew nothing about this? …

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  • 5ask — [ æsk ] verb *** > 1 try to get information > 2 tell someone you want something > 3 expect something > 4 say you want something done > 5 invite someone to do something >+ PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to speak or write …

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  • 6ask — /ask / (say ahsk) verb (t) 1. to put a question to: ask him. 2. to seek to be informed about: to ask the way; to ask her the way. 3. to seek by words to obtain; request: to ask advice; to ask a favour. 4. to solicit; request of (with a personal… …

  • 7ask for a rain check — ask (someone) for a rain check American, informal I ll take a rain check something that you say when you cannot accept someone s invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time. I was supposed to see Marge on Saturday I ll… …

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  • 8ask sb for interview — ► HR to ask someone to come and see you so that you can give them an interview for a job: »Of the 150 candidates, we asked six for interview. Main Entry: ↑ask …

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  • 9ask — I UK [ɑːsk] / US [æsk] verb Word forms ask : present tense I/you/we/they ask he/she/it asks present participle asking past tense asked past participle asked *** Get it right: ask: The verb ask is never used with the preposition to. It takes a… …

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  • 10ask — ask1 W1S1 [a:sk US æsk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(question)¦ 2¦(for help/advice etc)¦ 3¦(price)¦ 4¦(invite)¦ 5¦(demand)¦ 6 be asking for trouble 7 ask yourself something 8 if you ask me 9 don t ask me 10 don t ask …

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