big ask in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "big asks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "big ask (plural big asks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A request that is difficult to grant."
      ],
      "id": "en-big_ask-en-noun-ICR-h6YT",
      "links": [
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "grant",
          "grant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A request that is difficult to grant."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hard ask"
        },
        {
          "word": "tough ask"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "big ask"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "big asks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "big ask (plural big asks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A request that is difficult to grant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "grant",
          "grant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A request that is difficult to grant."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hard ask"
        },
        {
          "word": "tough ask"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "big ask"
}

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"big ask" meaning in English

Noun