beg

[US]/beɡ/
[UK]/beɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. ask for something as charity or as a gift, plead or request urgently

Phrases & Collocations

beg for forgiveness

beg for mercy

beg for help

beg for food

beg for money

beg for

beg your pardon

go begging

beg off

beg one's pardon

Example Sentences

they had to beg for food.

beg the point in a dispute.

beg sb. to do sth.

beseech help.See Synonyms at beg

May I beg you for a subscription?

that's your opinion—I beg to differ.

I beg your pardon for intruding.

I beg your pardon, miss.

I beg to inform you that ...

I beg to point out that you are wrong.

I beg of you not to run any risk.

Derelicts often beg on the streets.

I will now beg leave to make some observations.

I beg your indulgence for just a few minutes.

The statement begs the very point we are disputing.

All of which begs the question as to who will fund the project.

Real-world Examples

He was too tired even to beg.

Source: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

It's hard to conceive, and begs more questions.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

Raj, you're our group historian. Has Sheldon ever begged before? Three times.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 5

God will not punish me, not if I beg for my life!

Source: Bedtime stories for children

Again it adds force or emphasis, but it's not begging.

Source: Grandparents' Vocabulary Lesson

I beg to differ. The Pictionary incident?

Source: Friends Season 1 (Edited Version)

And therefore to her parish, she was begging back her way.

Source: UK original primary school Chinese language class

Remember this? Remember how you begged us to buy you a guitar?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

And yet there was a terror in my throat as I begged her.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Police bodycam video showed officers dragging, beating, and stunning Greene as he begged for mercy.

Source: AP Listening Collection December 2022

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