FOR THE ASKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does for the asking mean? 

• FOR THE ASKING (adverb)
  The adverb FOR THE ASKING has 1 sense:

1. on the occasion of a request

  Familiarity information: FOR THE ASKING used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOR THE ASKING (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On the occasion of a request

Synonyms:

for the asking; on request

Context example:

advice was free for the asking

 Context examples 

You came in as the knight does in the jongleur's romances, between dragon and damsel, with small time for the asking of questions.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was evidently still afraid of Miss Betsey, for she sent her grateful duty to her but timidly; and she was evidently afraid of me, too, and entertained the probability of my running away again soon: if I might judge from the repeated hints she threw out, that the coach-fare to Yarmouth was always to be had of her for the asking.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)