PV - Ask after sb

Ask after sb UK (US ask about, SCOTTISH ask for)

*If you ask after someone, you want to know whether they are well, what they are doing: I spoke to James today. He was asking after you.

*To say that you would like to know how somebody is, what they are doing, etc.: He always asks after you in his letters.

*To ask for information about someone, especially about their health: Tell your father I was asking after him.

*If you ask after someone, you ask for information abut them, for example how they are and if they are well, or what they are doing at the present time: She asked after my father. # She asked after his health. # If anyone should ask after me, say I’m at the Thunderbird hotel.

                = INQUIRE AFTER

*(transitive) To ask for news about someone: I met Bob and he asked after you.

                =INQUIRE AFTER

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