beg sb off

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• beg — verb 1 I beg your pardon spoken a) used to say sorry when you have made a mistake, or said something wrong or embarrassing: Oh, I beg your pardon. I thought you meant next Tuesday. b) used to show that you strongly disagree with something that… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• beg — [ beg ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to ask for help, an opportunity, etc. in a way that shows you want it very much: Don t go! he begged. beg someone (not) to do something: She had written a letter begging him to come back. We begged… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• beg — [beg] v past tense and past participle begged present participle begging ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ask)¦ 2¦(money/food)¦ 3¦(animal)¦ 4 I beg your pardon 5 I beg to differ 6 beg the question 7 be going begging 8 beg, borrow, or steal ▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• beg — ► VERB (begged, begging) 1) ask earnestly or humbly for something. 2) ask for food or money as charity. 3) (of a dog) sit up with the front paws raised in the hope of a reward. ● beg off Cf. ↑beg off …   English terms dictionary

• beg — [beg] vt. begged, begging [ME beggen < Anglo Fr begger < begart < OFr begard, religious mendicant < MDu beggaert] 1. to ask for as charity or as a gift [he begged a dime] 2. to ask for earnestly as a kindness or favor vi. 1. to ask… …   English World dictionary

• beg off — ► beg off withdraw from a promise or undertaking. Main Entry: ↑beg …   English terms dictionary

• Off Beat Cinema — is a two hour hosted movie show that airs on television stations throughout North America late at night and features the Good, the Bad, the Foreign... but mostly cult movies like Night of the Living Dead, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — [c]/bɛg / (say beg) verb (begged, begging) –verb (t) 1. to ask for in charity; ask as alms. 2. to ask for, or of, with humility or earnestness, or as a favour: to beg forgiveness; to beg him to forgive me. 3. to assume or demand permission (to… …  

• beg — beg1 /beg/, v., begged, begging. v.t. 1. to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms; to beg forgiveness. 2. to ask (someone) to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy. Sit down, I beg you. 3. to take for granted… …   Universalium

• beg — v. (begged, begging) 1 a intr. (usu. foll. by for) ask for (esp. food, money, etc.) (begged for alms). b tr. ask for (food, money, etc.) as a gift. c intr. live by begging. 2 tr. & intr. (usu. foll. by for, or to + infin.) ask earnestly or humbly …   Useful english dictionary