phrasal verb

• 1ask for someoneRequest to speak to someone.

  ‘when I arrived, I asked for Katherine’

  More example sentences

  • ‘An elderly man answered the door and, when Setisia asked for Astell, requested her name.’
  • ‘Natasha, forcing a sly smile, asks for the host.’
• 2ask for someoneScottish Inquire about the health or well-being of someone.