Ask
Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.
Give
Give verb - To make a present of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, Bella the barmaid will give the hero a big smooch if you ask for a hero's welcome after saving the village, or if you give her enough cash to quit her job at Lloyd's tavern.
Source: Smooch of Victory - All I ask is, if we have to give these bastards our lives...we give 'em hell before we do!
Source: Do Not Go Gentle -
The guard doesn't ask him to give him a new password rather than constantly ask Jon for the password because
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