"ask for it" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-ask for it.ogg [Australia] Forms: asks for it [present, singular, third-person], asking for it [participle, present], asked for it [participle, past], asked for it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} ask for it (third-person singular simple present asks for it, present participle asking for it, simple past and past participle asked for it)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To provoke an unwanted action; to invite a problem or fail to prevent one. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: ask for trouble, look for trouble Translations (provoke an unwanted action): erom vragen (Dutch), kerjätä sitä (Finnish), kaivaa verta nenästään (Finnish), le chercher (French), chercher la merde (French), cercare rogne (Italian), andare in cerca di guai (Italian), andare in cerca di rogne (Italian), cercarsela (Italian), o to prosić (Polish), procurar sarna para se coçar (Portuguese), căuta cu lumânarea (Romanian), căuta pe dracul (Romanian), напра́шиваться (naprášivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), напроси́ться (naprosítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), лезть на рожо́н (leztʹ na rožón) (Russian), tigga om det (Swedish), напроситися (naprosytysja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ask_for_it-en-verb-tbK1VE1R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (for), English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (for): 72 28 Disambiguation of English predicates: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 62 38 Disambiguation of 'provoke an unwanted action': 97 3
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ask for, it. Related terms: get what one asked for, have it coming, just deserts, play with fire, serve someone right
    Sense id: en-ask_for_it-en-verb-SwdJt8kG Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 55 45

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "erom vragen"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "kerjätä sitä"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "kaivaa verta nenästään"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "le chercher"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "chercher la merde"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "cercare rogne"
    },
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      "word": "andare in cerca di guai"
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      "word": "andare in cerca di rogne"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "cercarsela"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "procurar sarna para se coçar"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "căuta cu lumânarea"
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      "word": "лезть на рожо́н"
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      "sense": "provoke an unwanted action",
      "word": "tigga om det"
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