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ask for

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ask for something
to behave in a way that is likely to cause something bad to happen. You know you're asking for a punch in the nose, don't you?
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"My dear young lady," Inspector Jacks said, "I will not ask for your sympathy, for I am afraid I should ask in vain; but we are just now, we people at Scotland Yard, up against one of the most extraordinary problems which have ever been put before us.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Stelling to ask the very question that Tom had not dared to ask for himself.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
"I don't ask that," pleaded Jekyll, laying his hand upon the other's arm; "I only ask for justice; I only ask you to help him for my sake, when I am no longer here.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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