1
general::
Phrase(s): ask someone back
1. [for a host or hostess] to invite someone to come again (at a later time or to another similar event). • After the way you behaved, they’ll never ask us back. • They had been asked back a number of times, but they never came. 2. [for someone who has been a guest] to invite a previous host or hostess to come to an event. • We’ve had the Smiths to dinner five times. I think it’s time they asked us back. • I don’t care if they ask us back or not.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs