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beg

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: beg

1
 v
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
2
 v
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: beg
1

v make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

Synonyms:
solicit, tap
Types:
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quest
seek alms, as for religious purposes
canvas, canvass
solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
buttonhole, lobby
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
circularize
canvass by using a questionnaire
Type of:
bespeak, call for, quest, request
express the need or desire for; ask for

v ask to obtain free

“beg money and food”
Types:
cadge, schnorr, scrounge, shnorr
obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
panhandle
beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
Type of:
bespeak, call for, quest, request
express the need or desire for; ask for

v call upon in supplication; entreat

“I beg you to stop!”
Synonyms:
implore, pray
Types:
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crave
plead or ask for earnestly
supplicate
ask humbly (for something)
importune, insist
beg persistently and urgently
besiege
harass, as with questions or requests
Type of:
plead
appeal or request earnestly
2

v dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

“beg the question”
“beg the point in the discussion”
Type of:
circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
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