One is more likely to give you what you ask for if they do not feel that you are threatening them with an ax. 1.say something in order to obtain an answer or some information. he asked if she wanted coffee synonyms: inquire, query, want to know question, interrogate, quiz he asked what time we opened put forward, pose, raise, submit they want to ask a few questions antonyms: answer talk to various people in order to find something out. there are fine meals to be had if you ask around inquire about the health or well-being of. Mrs. Savage asked after Iriss mother 2.request (someone) to do or give something. Mary asked her father for money synonyms: request, demand; More solicit, seek, crave, apply for, petition for, call for, appeal for, beg (for), sue for dont be afraid to ask for advice request permission to do something. she asked if she could move in request to speak to. when I arrived, I asked for Catherine request (a specified amount) as a price for selling something. he was asking $250 for the guitar expect or demand (something) of someone. its asking a lot, but could you look through Billys things? 3.invite (someone) to ones home or a function. its about time we asked Pam to dinner synonyms: invite, bid, summon, have someone over/around More lets ask them to dinner invite someone to join one on an outing. do you want to ask him along? invite someone out socially, typically on a date. noun: ask;plural noun: asks 1.a request, esp. for a donation. it was an awkward ask for more funding 2.the price at which an item, esp. a financial security, is offered for sale. axe 1. a tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle. synonyms: hatchet, cleaver, tomahawk, adze, poleax, broadax; historicalbattle-ax, twibill a woodsmans ax a measure intended to reduce costs drastically, esp. one that involves elimination of staff. thirty workers are facing the ax in the assembly department 2. informal a musical instrument, esp. one played by a jazz or rock musician. verb: axe 1. end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly. the company is axing 125 jobs synonyms: cancel, withdraw, drop, scrap, discontinue, terminate, end; informal ditch, dump, pull the plug on the show was axed dismiss, fire, lay off, let go, discharge, get rid of; informalsack, give the sack, give marching orders, pink-slip 500 employees were axed reduce (costs or services) drastically. the candidates all promised to ax government spending 2. cut or strike with an ax, esp. violently or destructively. the door had been axed by the firefighters
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