ask around

English

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Verb

ask around (third-person singular simple present asks around, present participle asking around, simple past and past participle asked around)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To enquire of different people about something.
   • 1986 June, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, “GoB Criteria”, in The Mad 3 Party‎^[1], number 12, page 18:

     So a concom has to look twice, ask around, and gather information judiciously.

   I don't know the answer to that, but maybe someone else does - I'll ask around.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: kysellä (fi)
• French: demander autour de soi
• Polish: popytać pf, zasięgać języka impf, zasięgnąć języka (pl) pf
• Ukrainian: розпита́ти pf (rozpytáty), розпи́тувати impf (rozpýtuvaty)

See also

• ask round