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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 — 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
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 — {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 — ask to be excused from duty, get out of a task Some people volunteer to work and then they beg off … English idioms
refuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trash, truck, rubbish, waste, leavings, garbage. See uselessness. v. See refusal. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rubbish, litter, waste, leavings; see trash 1 , 3 . v. Syn. decline, reject, repudiate, deny,… … English dictionary for students
refuse — I verb abjure, abnegate, abstain, balk, bar, be obstinate, be unwilling, beg to be excused, cast aside, debar, decline, demur, deny, disaccord with, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disclaim, discountenance, discredit, dismiss, disown, dispense… … Law dictionary
decline — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. droop, slant, slope; decadence, wasting, aging, deterioration. v. worsen, slump; refuse, turn down (an offer). See oldness, age, refusal, descent, weakness, recession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… … English dictionary for students
