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beg off

to excuse yourself from something. I had the chance to spend the day at the beach, but I begged off, saying I had too much work on my desk.

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thout it's tollable hard to git -- and you go and beg off for me with the widder. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context More results

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