ask out
phr. v..phr. v.. to invite someone to go on a date with you because you like them.
phr. v.. to invite someone to a social engagement, such as a meal or a movie, specifically to initiate a romantic relationship.
He finally found the courage to ask her out.
If you really like him, you should just ask him out for a coffee this weekend.
Despite his usual confidence in professional settings, he felt uncharacteristically nervous when he decided to ask her out after the conference.
the object (the person being invited) usually goes between 'ask' and 'out'.
this is a transitive separable phrasal verb; emphasize that when using a pronoun like 'him' or 'her', it must go in the middle.
I asked out her.I asked her out.while you can say 'ask out [name]', with pronouns like 'her', the object must come between the verb and the particle.