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ASK IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ask to enter
Example:
We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee
Synonyms:
ask in; invite
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "ask in" is one way to...):
ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)
Verb group:
ask over; ask round; invite (invite someone to one's house)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ask in"):
call in (summon to enter)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
