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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