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31beg, borrow, or/and steal — informal : to do whatever is necessary to get something that is wanted or needed We ll have to beg, borrow, or steal the extra chairs we need for the party. • • • Main Entry: ↑beg beg, borrow, or/and steal see ↑beg • • • Main Entry: ↑borrow beg,… …
32beg the question — means, strictly speaking, to question an unproved assumption that is used as the basis for an argument. For example, to ask ‘why do you listen to that rubbish?’ begs the question when the quality of the music is the point at issue. In general use …
33Beg — refers to: * Begging * Beg or Baig an alternative form of the Turkic title Bey (chieftain, governor etc). It is also used by Iranian, Afghan and Pakistani people. * BEG is the IATA abbreviation for Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport * Beg , a song… …
34beg leave — formal + old fashioned : to ask for permission followed by to + verb We beg leave to offer our humble thanks. I beg leave to differ with you, sir. • • • Main Entry: ↑beg …
35beg — beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask or request urgently. Beg suggests ear nestness or insistence especially in asking a favor {why, boy, before I left, you were constantly begging to see Town Meredith}… …
36beg somebody's pardon — beg sb s ˈpardon idiom (formal, especially BrE) to ask sb to forgive you for sth you have said or done • He returned to beg her pardon for his sudden outburst. Main entry: ↑begidiom …
37beg — [v1] request abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate …
38beg. — beg. beg. (fork. for begyndelse) …
39beg the question — 1. To avoid giving an answer 2. To assume that the thing to be proved is already true in one of the premises, or in part of the proof (logic) 3. To raise an issue for debate (non standard) • • • Main Entry: ↑beg …
40beg´gar|li|ness — beg|gar|ly «BEHG uhr lee», adjective. 1. fit for a beggar; poor: »Figurative. He possesses only the most beggarly education. SYNONYM(S): shabby, sorry. 2. mean; sordid. –beg´gar|li|ness, noun …
