To ask out is to invite somebody on a date. Ask her out, finally ask out.
The out is doing real work, since asking somebody in means something else entirely. To ask out somebody you work with is a decision people now think about far more carefully.
1phraseask outTo invite somebody on a date.
“It took him three months to ask out somebody he saw every day.”
ask out is a phrase.
Practised in Phrasal Verbs