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Axing
/ˈæksɪŋ/
To request (information, or an answer to a question).
📖 Definitions of "Axing"
verb
- 1
To request (information, or an answer to a question).
"I asked her age."
- 2
To put forward (a question) to be answered.
"to ask a question"
- 3
To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
"I'm going to ask this lady for directions."
- 4
To request or petition; usually with for.
"to ask for a second helping at dinner"
verb
- 1
To fell or chop with an axe.
- 2
To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
"He got axed in the last round of firings."
verb
- 1
To furnish with an axle.
noun
- 1
An assault carried out with an axe.
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