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ask for it

if you say that someone who gets hurt or punished was asking for it, you mean that they deserved what happened to them. Picking a fight with those hooligans was really asking for it. Fired? Well, she asked for it, didn't she?

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as/when the spirit moves you
ashe
aside
aside from
ask
ask for
ask for a rain check

ask for it
ask for trouble
ask/cry for the moon
asking
asleep
asleep at the switch
asleep at the wheel
ass

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