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Beg off   /bɛg ɔf/   Listen
Beg off

verb
1.
Ask for permission to be released from an engagement.  Synonym: excuse.






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"Beg off" Quotes from Famous Books



... degree equal to his Lordship; his penetration is quick, judgment clear, wisdom great, and his decisions correct and decided: nor does he in company appear to bear any weight on his mind." It was with difficulty, after a prolonged session, that the doctor could at times beg off, and leave, stuffed in the arm-chair pockets, for another day's work, a dozen or two of such letters, sealed to Nelson by his imperfect eyesight and inadequate mastery of other tongues. The arm-chairs, lashed together, formed at times a couch upon ...
— The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2) - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain • A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan



Words linked to "Beg off" :   quest, call for, request, bespeak



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