1 A2 informal
To invite someone to visit you at your home.
"We should ask the new neighbors over for dinner sometime soon."
separable
ask over
A2 informal separable transitive
To invite someone to come to your home or current location.
In plain English
To invite a friend or someone else to come to your house.
What does "ask over" mean?
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
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."
separable
Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To ask someone to come over (to your location).
Actually means
To invite a friend or someone else to come to your house.
Usage tip
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.
Words that pair with "ask over"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
friends neighbors family dinner weekend sometime
How to conjugate "ask over"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
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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