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don't ask
Idioms and Phrases
A phrase used to fend off questions about a situation one finds awkward, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory. For example, How did we do in the bridge tournament? Don't ask! [ Colloquial ; 1960s] For a similar phrase, see forget it .Example Sentences
We always tell the writers we work with, “Don’t ask us, ‘Can you do this?’
If President Trump were to call — which I don’t know if he ever does; I don’t ask that — he would keep it quiet.
“I don’t ask for anyone’s forgiveness, but I promise to atone for my terrible mistake.”
He added: "I'm not saying don't ask. You can. I am saying is: let people be people."
"In a way, I think it's quite selfish to even consider him, because he will say yes, because he is Ben Stokes. He will do whatever England ask him to do. Just don't ask him, just let him be."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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