beg
Third Person
begs
Present Participle
begging
Past Tense
begged
Past Participle
begged
1
to humbly ask for something, especially when one needs or desires that thing a lot
transitive
- Every day, he begs for a few coins at the street corner.
- She begs her parents to let her stay up past her bedtime.
- Right now, the child is begging for a second chance after breaking a vase.
- She has begged for forgiveness since she realized her mistake.
- He begged his friends to join him on the adventurous road trip.
2
to ask people for money or food, usually in public places
- The beggar held out his hands and begged for alms from the pedestrians.
- He was forced to beg for sustenance after losing his job and home.
- The beggar child approached the café patrons and begged for leftovers to ease his hunger.
- He reluctantly resorted to begging when he couldn't find work to support himself.
- She felt a pang of embarrassment as she resorted to begging to feed her hungry children.
4
to avoid settling or dealing with a problem to avoid responsibility
transitive
- Instead of providing a direct answer, he attempted to beg the issue by changing the subject.
- He sought to beg the issue of his unpaid debts by promising to address them at a later date.
- She skillfully begged the topic of her involvement in the disagreement by shifting the focus to other team members' behavior.
- She attempted to beg the allegation of plagiarism by pointing out similarities in other published works.
- The CEO tried to beg the matter of the company's financial losses by emphasizing its recent successes.