| probe(verb, examine, challenge, request, question) |
| pry(verb, examine, challenge, seek, search) |
| put to the question(verb, expression, idiom, examine, challenge) |
| query(verb, check, examine, measure, challenge) |
| quest(verb, examine, challenge, seek, search) |
| raise question(verb, expression, examine, challenge, seek) |
| roast(verb, examine, challenge, demand, request) |
| seek(verb, examine, challenge, search, ask) |
| show curiosity(verb, expression, examine, challenge, seek) |
| solicit(verb, examine, challenge, request, question) |
| sound out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, examine, challenge) |
| sweat it out of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, examine) |
| work over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, examine, challenge) |
| ask(verb, request, question, test, investigate) |
| ask about(verb, expression, phrasal verb, examine, challenge) |
| badger(verb, bully, castigate, intimidate, nag) |
| bludgeon(verb, bully, castigate, intimidate, nag) |
| bluster(verb, bully, castigate, intimidate, nag) |
| browbeat(verb, bully, castigate, intimidate, nag) |
| bulldoze(verb, bully, castigate, intimidate, nag) |