ASK IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ask in mean? 

• ASK IN (verb)
  The verb ASK IN has 1 sense:

1. ask to enter

  Familiarity information: ASK IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASK IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ask to enter

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

ask in; invite

Context example:

We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee

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

 Context examples 

There is only one thing I ask in return for my help—such as it is.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Mary, she is not like her cousins; but I think I shall not ask in vain.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It is impossible to refuse what you ask in such a way.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Pray, Emma, said he, may I ask in what lay the great amusement, the poignant sting of the last word given to you and Miss Fairfax?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)