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verb ask for

  • dispute β€” to engage in argument or debate.
  • suggest β€” to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
  • require β€” to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  • request β€” the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
  • involve β€” to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • want β€” to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • need β€” a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
  • try β€” to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
  • claim β€” If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
  • confront β€” If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
  • defy β€” If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
  • impose β€” to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • denounce β€” If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
  • assert β€” If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
  • demand β€” If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
  • test β€” Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
  • call for β€” If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
  • impugn β€” to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
  • brave β€” Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
  • vindicate β€” to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
  • tax β€” a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
  • cross β€” If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
  • impeach β€” to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
  • summon β€” to call upon to do something specified.
  • accost β€” If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
  • investigate β€” to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • arouse β€” If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
  • reclaim β€” to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
  • query β€” a question; an inquiry.
  • provoke β€” to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
  • stimulate β€” to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • dare β€” If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
  • beard β€” A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.
  • inquire β€” to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
  • lack β€” something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
  • necessitate β€” to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
  • occasion β€” a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
  • face the music β€” an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
  • throw down the gauntlet β€” a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
  • call out β€” If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
  • face down β€” Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
  • fly in the face of β€” to move through the air using wings.
  • hang in β€” to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • make a point of β€” a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • make a stand β€” to take a position for defense or opposition
  • stand up to β€” (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
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