Sentence examples for asking off from inspiring English sources

You'll need to determine whether the days you're asking off are owed to you (parental leave, for example), or whether you're asking your boss to do a favor by giving you days off that haven't been included in your employment contract.

Mr. Cavett decided to ask a question on air that Mr. Brown had asked off camera.

A few men have asked off the job, but only a few, Mr. Gray said.

Tennis is entertainment, meaning part of an athlete's job is to deal with the stupid questions that journalists ask off court on behalf of the public.

Those two questions are asked off the cuff by a character in Richard Nelson's play "Sorry," at the Public Theater, but to Mr. Nelson they are hardly casual asides.

If you're headed out to an Apple store, might as well get yourself packed up now, ask off work, and head over early.

"Are those police?" A child asks, off camera.

"It's the one day I ask off all year from work," said Melissa Chang, a 30-year-old flight attendant from Carlsbad.

Admiral's War Chest has always liked the Laurel main track and his last race was a very tough ask off the layoff.

Watch for the favours you ask off your boss.

This is the most common amount people ask off the price you're asking.