Ask for
Ask for verb - Increase the likelihood of.
Both terms in one sentence
- Do they ask for supernatural protection, to command the safety of the Christians via a loud booming voice or the smiting of those personally responsible for killing them?
Source: Literature / Underground Zealot - Being a princess in own right, she's well respected and looked to for advice during a crisis, and the guards are prompt to ask for her command.
Source: Dude, Where's My Respect? - Subverted for the Royal Italian Army: whenever deployed they ended up working with the Germans, who had the forces in every theatre integrated under a single local command, so they could ask for support directly to the closest Royal Italian Air Force or Luftwaffe base.
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