Ask (one) out phrase
To ask someone to spend time with you at a particular place as a way to start an intimate relationship with them.
If you don't ask her out on a date now, someone else may do that and win her affection before you.
He summoned up the courage to approach her and ask her out to dinner.
To ask someone to come to a social or special occasion.
He spent all this morning asking his friend out to his wedding.
If it hadn't been for covid 19, I would have asked all my friends out to a movie on my birthday.
To ask someone to go to a remote place.
I declined her wedding invitation when she asked me out because it took place at such a remote location.
I didn't ask him out to my new place because I know he lives too far from it.
The verb "ask" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.