ASK SOMEONE BACK

ask someone back: translation

ask someone back

1. [for a host or hostess] to invite someone to come again (at a later time or to another similar event). •

After the way you behaved, they'll never ask us back.

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They had been asked back a number of times, but they never came.

2. [for someone who has been a guest] to invite a previous host or hostess to come to an event. •

We've had the Smiths to dinner five times. I think it's time they asked us back.

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I don't care if they ask us back or not.