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beg 1. noun in a telephone solicitation, the actual plea to purchase that which is being sold US, 1959.► on the begbegging, scrounging UK, 1988 2. verb ► go beggingto be spare and available UK, 2004
idiombegbeg, borrow, or stealto do everything possible in order to obtain something:Anyone who's interested in local history should buy, beg, borrow, or steal this book.People will beg, borrow, or steal to get their hands on one of these antiques.be going beggingif something is going begging, it is available for anyone who wants it, because no one else has taken it:There's more cake going begging - anyone want some?There are scores of well-paid jobs going begging in the EC, but British people aren't being told about them. phrasebeg[begged, begged, begging]
beg off
beg off • beg off sth to say politely that you cannot do something that other people want or expect you to do: I wanted to have a quiet day, so when the opportunity arose to spend the day on the beach with friends, I begged off.beg off doing sth Haney didn't feel too well, so he decided to beg off working that afternoon.
See:- a good voice to beg bacon
- be going begging
- beg (something) from (someone)
- beg for
- beg for (someone or something)
- beg from
- beg of
- beg off
- beg on bended knee
- beg pardon
- beg the question
- beg the question, to
- beg to differ
- beg to differ, I
- beg your pardon, but
- beg, borrow or steal
- beg, borrow, or steal
- begging your pardon, but (something)
- dry beg
- Excuse me
- go a-begging
- go begging
- have to beg off
- I beg to differ
- I beg to disagree
- I beg your pardon
- I beg your pardon, but (something)
- I'll have to beg off
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