I ask you

phrase

Expressing indignation or despair.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. Expressing indignation or despair.

    "Brain-dead kids. Born losers. No-hopers the lot of 'em. I mean, as a taxpayer, what do they effin' teach 'em in school these days? I ask you!"

    2016, Jack Chapman, Prodigal Son
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, ask, you.
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APA

I ask you. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20ask%20you

MLA

“I ask you.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20ask%20you. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I ask you,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20ask%20you.

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