HyperDic: beg_off

English > 1 sense of the expression beg off:
VERBcommunicationbeg off, excuseask for permission to be released from an engagement
English > beg off: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningask for permission to be released from an engagement.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Synonymexcuse
Broaderrequest, ask for, bespeak, call for, questExpress the need or desire for
See alsobegcall upon in supplication
Spanishdisculparse, excusarse

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