Ask for
Ask for verb - Increase the likelihood of.
Touch
Touch verb - To come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In Hancock, the title character pauses in the middle of a gunfight while rescuing a pinned down (female) police officer to ask for permission to touch her body.
Source: Distracting Disambiguation - Oddly, Saga's henchmen can't touch them, and not even get close to them, forcing Saga to ask for Zoro's help.
Source: Anime / The Cursed Holy Sword - Employee: Yes, it is, but we still ask for you not to touch it.
Source: Four Terms Fallacy
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Touch and Ask for. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ask_for/touch
Ask for & Touch. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ask_for/touch>.
Touch or Ask for. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ask_for/touch.
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