"ask after" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asks after",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asking after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked after",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "ask after (third-person singular simple present asks after, present participle asking after, simple past and past participle asked after)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (after)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jed Rubenfeld, The Interpretation of Murder, page 499",
          "text": "He was surprised at my presence, I believe, but reacted with perfect aplomb. He asked after my Aunt Mamie, I after some of his cousins...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enquire about the health or progress (of someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ask_after-en-verb-6trLihFB",
      "links": [
        [
          "enquire",
          "enquire"
        ],
        [
          "health",
          "health"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To enquire about the health or progress (of someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
          "word": "demander après"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
          "word": "sich nach jemandem erkundigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gafraihnan",
          "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
          "word": "tuairisc duine a chur"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "pusṇe",
          "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
          "word": "पुसणे"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sorâğ gereftan",
          "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
          "word": "سراغ گرفتن"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
          "word": "gabh naidheachd"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-ask after.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-au-ask_after.ogg/En-au-ask_after.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-au-ask_after.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ask after"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asks after",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asking after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asked after",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "ask after (third-person singular simple present asks after, present participle asking after, simple past and past participle asked after)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (after)",
        "English reporting verbs",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jed Rubenfeld, The Interpretation of Murder, page 499",
          "text": "He was surprised at my presence, I believe, but reacted with perfect aplomb. He asked after my Aunt Mamie, I after some of his cousins...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enquire about the health or progress (of someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enquire",
          "enquire"
        ],
        [
          "health",
          "health"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To enquire about the health or progress (of someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-ask after.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-au-ask_after.ogg/En-au-ask_after.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-au-ask_after.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
      "word": "demander après"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
      "word": "sich nach jemandem erkundigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gafraihnan",
      "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
      "word": "tuairisc duine a chur"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pusṇe",
      "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
      "word": "पुसणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sorâğ gereftan",
      "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
      "word": "سراغ گرفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "enquire about the health or progress of someone",
      "word": "gabh naidheachd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ask after"
}