ask for

present singular third person asks for · participle present asking for · participle past asked for · past asked for

1. To request; to order.

   I asked for a glass of water.

   1 more example

   Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.

   2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2019

   Synonyms: request

2. To increase the likelihood of something undesirable by persisting in some action; to invite.

   If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.