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ask for nothing in return
give without expecting repayment
To help or give something without expecting money, help, or anything else back.
Hear it in real life
Why does he keep helping everyone?
He genuinely asks for nothing in return.
She gives free lessons to local children and asks for nothing in return.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: ask ‸ nothing in return
Say: ask for nothing in return
Keep the preposition "for" before "nothing."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
ask for nothing in return for something; ask someone for nothing in return
Your turn: say it out loud
She gives free lessons to local children and asks for nothing in return.
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ask for nothing in return
give without expecting repayment
“She gives free lessons to local children and asks for nothing in return.”
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