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beg off |
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beg something off to decline an invitation politely. She begged the trip to the zoo off. We all begged off the dinner invitation. See also: beg beg off (on something) to ask to be released from something; to refuse an invitation. I'm sorry, but I'll be out of town on the day of your party. I'll have to beg off on your invitation. I have an important meeting, so I'll have to beg off. See also: beg 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. See also: beg How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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thout it's tollable hard to git -- and you go and beg off for me with the widder. |
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