Ask for
Ask for verb - Increase the likelihood of.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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I Am Spartacus: As the gangsters round up all the kids at recess and ask for Devon, they each stand up one by one claiming that they are him.
Source: Film / Cop and a Half -
For example, he might approach El Presidente claiming that God told him to ask for a prohibition on alcohol, then if it is implemented call the radio station the next day as an anonymous "concerned citizen" to protest the very policy he asked for.
Source: Video Game / Tropico
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Claiming and Ask for. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ask_for/claiming
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