-
1 to beg off
to beg offobter liberdade ou dispensa após solicitação. -
2 beg
[beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) pedir2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) implorar•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) empobrecer- beg to differ* * *[beg] vt+vi 1 mendigar, esmolar. 2 rogar, implorar, suplicar. 3 pedir, solicitar, requerer. he begs leave to go / ele pede licença para sair. he begs permission to see her / ele pede permissão para vê-la. 4 evitar, contornar, desviar. he begged his bread ele viveu mendigando. he begged the question ele tomou (ele deu) a questão como provada. I beg your pardon desculpe. I beg to inform you tomo a liberdade de informar-lhe. to beg off obter liberdade ou dispensa após solicitação. to beg the real problems desviar dos verdadeiros problemas.
См. также в других словарях:
beg off — ► beg off withdraw from a promise or undertaking. Main Entry: ↑beg … English terms dictionary
beg off — verb ask for permission to be released from an engagement • Syn: ↑excuse • Derivationally related forms: ↑excuse (for: ↑excuse) • Hypernyms: ↑request, ↑bespeak, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
beg off — {v.} To ask to be excused. * /Father told Tom to rake the yard, but Tom tried to beg off./ * /Mrs. Crane accepted an invitation to a luncheon, but a headache made her beg off./ Compare: BACK OUT … Dictionary of American idioms
beg off — {v.} To ask to be excused. * /Father told Tom to rake the yard, but Tom tried to beg off./ * /Mrs. Crane accepted an invitation to a luncheon, but a headache made her beg off./ Compare: BACK OUT … Dictionary of American idioms
beg\ off — v To ask to be excused. Father told Tom to rake the yard, but Tom tried to beg off. Mrs. Crane accepted an invitation to a luncheon, but a headache made her beg off. Compare: back out … Словарь американских идиом
beg off — verb Date: 1827 intransitive verb to ask to be excused from something transitive verb to ask or gain permission to be excused from < begged off attending the party > • beg off noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
beg off — verb To avoid, or cancel some event that one has previously arranged with someone. I wonder if I can beg off going to the meeting that day, since it will take me an extra 2 hours out of my way. Syn: cry off … Wiktionary
beg-off — noun see beg off … New Collegiate Dictionary
beg off — ask to be excused from duty, get out of a task Some people volunteer to work and then they beg off … English idioms
beg off phrasal — verb (I) to say that you cannot do something that you had agreed to do: I m sorry, but I m going to have to beg off from the game tonight … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
beg off — withdraw from a promise or undertaking. → beg … English new terms dictionary