Timeline for What's the meaning of "try me"?
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| Dec 25, 2018 at 14:34 | vote | accept | Kindred | ||
| Dec 25, 2018 at 6:56 | comment | added | Kindred | @RossMurray: Your comment is actually pretty good for me, thanks :) | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 6:25 | comment | added | Ross Murray | In a number of situations, someone may say "Try me" in a way that means "You may ask me". That tend to be used in situations where someone thinks the other person may be reluctant to ask them for some reason. From what you said had just happened in the comic, it sounds like the person is asking, "Do you want to talk about it?" By saying "Try me" they are indicating the other person doesn't need to be scared of causing offence by talking about something 'unusual'. | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 4:50 | comment | added | Enguroo | @user7813604 yes, something like that | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 4:49 | comment | added | Kindred | So it's something like Try = Ask in this idiom? | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 4:48 | comment | added | Enguroo | @user7813604 no, it's not like "Try (something omitted) (to) me" | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 4:47 | comment | added | Enguroo | @user7813604 grammatically speaking, it's the imperative mood | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 4:47 | comment | added | Enguroo | @user7813604 consider it an idiom - idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Try+me | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 4:44 | comment | added | Kindred | So it's not something like Try (something omitted) (to) me? I'm also thinking about how this phrase is formed. | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 4:41 | history | answered | Enguroo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |