for the asking

Speech parts

1. for the asking - Adverb

2. for the asking - Phrase

Meaning

on the occasion of a request

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

gratis costless for nothing on request

Examples

you once liked me, didn't you?, he asked. LIKED you- I LOVED you. Everybody loved you. You could've had anybody you wanted for the asking. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market; Knowledge needful for all, yet cannot be had for the asking. Arthur Hugh Clough

For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking: 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking. James Russell Lowell

'T is heaven alone that is given away 'T is only God may be had for the asking. James Russell Lowell

advice was free for the asking Source: Internet

If the five-bedroom, six-bathroom house sells for the asking price, the executive will make a $2 million profit and it will all go into her children's college fund. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

for the asking

Close letter words and terms

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