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beg - call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" |
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implore,
pray |
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plead appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
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beg off,
excuse excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
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crave plead or ask for earnestly
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supplicate ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency"
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importune,
insist beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
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beg - ask to obtain free; "beg money and food" |
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bespeak,
call for,
quest,
request be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
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cadge,
schnorr,
scrounge,
shnorr obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
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panhandle beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
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beg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
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circumvent,
dodge,
duck,
elude,
evade,
fudge,
hedge,
parry,
put off,
sidestep,
skirt make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
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