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ask over

A2 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To invite a friend or someone else to come to your house.

Literal meaning: To ask someone to come over (to your location).

Meanings

1 A2 informal

To invite someone to visit you at your home.

"We should ask the new neighbors over for dinner sometime soon."

Grammar: separable
2 B1 neutral

To call someone to come to where you are (not necessarily your home).

"The manager asked her assistant over to review the documents together."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Common in everyday spoken British and American English. Often used casually: 'We should ask them over sometime.' The particle 'over' implies movement toward the speaker's location.

Commonly used with

friends neighbors family dinner weekend sometime

Forms

Base
ask over
I/you/we/they
3rd person
asks over
he/she/it
Past simple
asked over
yesterday
Past participle
asked over
have + pp
-ing form
asking over
continuous

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