Verb → Ask
Meaning - Enquire about someone’s health, how life is going.
Example - Halley always asks after you in her letters.
Meaning - Enquire of different people about something
Example - I don't know the answer, but maybe someone else does - I'll ask around.
Meaning - Request
Example - Mary asked her father for money to go for an outing with her friends.
Example - We stopped our friends in the hallway and asked them in.
Meaning - Invite somebody, especially on a date
Example – Finally, after so many counsellings, he asked her out.
Meaning - Invite them to come from their house to your house
Example - I already asked Kelly over tonight—do you want to come too?
Verb → Back
Meaning - Take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to
Example - She backed down on her demands.
In the end, she backed down.
Meaning - Rely upon another team’s loss in order to advance to the post-season
Example - I'm sorry, I didn't mean to back into you.
Example - Back off that other runner so you don't collide with her.
Example - The angry dogs were barking at the poor kid, so I waved a stick and backed them off.
Example - Using hand signals, the mechanic helped the driver back the car onto the ramp.
Example - Did I really back onto the lawn? Whoops!
Example - She was considered a strong contender to win the local election, but she backed out at the last minute and continued working as the CEO of her company.
Example - We picked up the heavy sofa and slowly backed it out of the living room and onto the porch.
Example - If you back up a little, then your car will be completely in that parking space.
Example - If you didn't back up your files before the computer crashed, they might have been lost forever.
Example - I'm calling the plumber right now because the toilet is backed up again.
Example - You didn't see that meeting on the calendar, either? OK, please back me up on this, so the boss doesn't think I'm an idiot.
Example - I brought an extra pen as a backup, in case this one runs out of ink during the exam.
Example - She's auditioning backup dancers for her world tour today.
Verb → Beat
Meaning - Strike with great force.
Example - They approached the crumbling wall and beat it down with their bare hands.
Meaning - To send away; to force to retreat
Example - Because their house is in such a great location, they have been beating off a lot of interested buyers.
Example - You beat out a lot of very qualified candidates for this internship.
Example - Whenever my neighbor is beating out something on his piano, you can hear it all the way down the street.
Example - You better beat that essay out fast because the class starts in an hour.
Verifying, please be patient.