Ask
Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.
Come back
Come back verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Usage example: he came back with another one of his smart remarks
Both terms in one sentence
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She tells them to come back and ask for her, obviously set up to be a longer story but we never see them or anything related to it again.
Source: Series / Grey's Anatomy -
After Ryan calls Kristin out on being a Commander Contrarian, he leaves the room, only to come back and ask her whether she is only dating him to invoke this trope.
Source: Series / Last Man Standing - They leave, but they come back and ask Treat Heart to continue being funny.
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