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1Ask for It — Infobox Album Name = Ask for It Type = EP Artist = Hole Released = Start date|1995|9|8 Recorded = November 19, 1991 and March, 1992 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 19:04 Label = Caroline Producer = Mike Robinson Reviews = *Robert Christgau… …
2ask for the moon — or[cry for the moon] {v. phr.} To want something that you cannot reach or have; try for the impossible. * /John asked his mother for a hundred dollars today. He s always asking for the moon./ Compare: PROMISE THE MOON …
3ask for the moon — or[cry for the moon] {v. phr.} To want something that you cannot reach or have; try for the impossible. * /John asked his mother for a hundred dollars today. He s always asking for the moon./ Compare: PROMISE THE MOON …
4ask for one's hand — {v. phr.} To ask permission to marry someone. * / Sir, John said timidly to Mary s father, I came to ask for your daughter s hand. / …
5ask for one's hand — {v. phr.} To ask permission to marry someone. * / Sir, John said timidly to Mary s father, I came to ask for your daughter s hand. / …
6ask 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… …
7ask 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… …
8Ask — Ask, v. i. 1. To request or petition; usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread. [1913 Webster] Ask, and it shall be given you. Matt. vii. 7. [1913 Webster] 2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; sometimes followed by after. [1913 Webster]… …
9ask — verb (asked; asking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English āscian; akin to Old High German eiscōn to ask, Lithuanian eiškoti to seek, Sanskrit icchati he seeks Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1 …
10Ask the Dust — infobox Book | name = Ask the Dust title orig = translator = image caption = author = John Fante illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = HarperCollins release date = 1939 english… …
