ask for permission

You don't have to ask me or anyone else for permission.

They should have come to the families and asked for permission.

Step didn't actually ask for permission to leave work in the middle of the day.

He had to ask his mother for permission to box.

You don't have to ask for permission to do this.

"Did you ask my father for permission to court her?"

But when I asked him for permission he just agreed.

He was really asking me for permission to do the same.

"We've got a short list of guys we want to consider and we'll ask for permission to talk to them."

"Why do I have to ask him for permission to work?"