ask up

To invite a visitor to one's house (especially if the visitor must travel north to get there). My cousins in Pennsylvania have asked me up to their house for the weekend, but that's a long drive from Florida.

ask someone up

to ask someone to come to one's home for a visit. (Usually said when someone must travel north, up a hill, or to an apartment on a higher floor for the visit.) Let's ask Judy up for the weekend. We asked up a few old friends.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hartwig	HAHRT-vig (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Kole	KOL	English (Modern)
FehİM	-	Turkish
Armytage	['a:mitidʒ]
MÔNica	-	Portuguese
Minty	MIN-tee	English (Rare)