take requests

idiom

: to play music, sing songs, etc., that people in an audience ask for

Examples of take requests in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Health care settings require a musician to be able to improvise, take requests in a number of genres and stay attuned to the listener’s body language. —Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025

Springsteen will sometimes take requests off tour signs, which can feel like a magician’s sleight-of-hand: Can even a band this accomplished have the sense memory for tunes so long unplayed? —Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024

The 362-foot long, two-deck hub of activity keeps abuzz with 15 restaurants, bars and lounges, one being Dueling Pianos, the cruise line’s first double-pianist bar where two ivory-tickling musicians take requests each evening. —David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2024

While the decanters will be designed based on customers’ personalities, the team has sole control over the design process and does not take requests. —Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024

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