go begging

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go begging

Fig. to be left over, unwanted, or unused. (As if a thing were begging for an owner or a user.) There is still food left. A whole lobster is going begging. Please eat some more, There are many excellent books in the library just going begging because people don't know they are there.

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Passepartout was not the man to let an idea go begging, and directed his steps towards the docks. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context "It von't go begging," replied the German with a smile. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Now there came a certain common tramp who used to go begging all over the city of Ithaca, and was notorious as an incorrigible glutton and drunkard. The Odyssey by Homer View in context			go ape go around go around and around go around doing go around in circles go astray go at like a boy killing snakes go at one another tooth and nail go away go away empty-handed go away with Go away! go AWOL go back a long way go back on word go back to square one go back to the drawing board go back to the salt mines go bad go badly with go ballistic go bananas go beet red go beetroot go before go begging go behind back go belly up go below go berserk go beyond go blank go broke go by the board go by the book go by the name of Go chase yourself! go cold turkey go commando go crazy go deep go down a treat go down fighting go down for the third time go down in defeat go down in flames go down in history go down like a lead balloon go down like ninepins go down on knees go down that road			go back to go back to Go Back to Frostfell Go Back to Game Talk go back to nature go back to nature go back to nature Go Back to Sleep go back to square one go back to the drawing board go back to the salt mines Go Back to Wow go bad go bad go bad go badly with go bail go bail go bail go ballistic go ballistic go bananas go bananas go bananas go bananas Go Bare go beet red go beetroot go before Go Before Optics go begging go behind back go belly up go belly up go belly up go belly up go belly up go below go berserk go between go beyond go beyond go beyond a joke Go Beyond Doors for Answers Go Big or Stay Home Go Big Orange Go Big Red go blank Go Blue Wolverine go board GO bond GO Bonds go broke go bust go bust go bust go bust go by go by go by go by

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