Usually means: Requesting consequences through one's actions.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word asking for it:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. asking for it: Merriam-Webster
  2. asking for it: Vocabulary.com
  3. asking for it: Wiktionary
  4. Asking for It (Hole song), Asking for It (Shinedown song), Asking for It: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. asking for it: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Asking for It)

noun:  "Asking for It" is a song by the American alternative rock band Hole.
noun:  "Asking for It" is a song by American rock band Shinedown.
noun:  a 2021 American thriller film written and directed by Eamon O'Rourke and starring Kiersey Clemons, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexandra Shipp, Ezra Miller, Gabourey Sidibe and Luke Hemsworth.

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