Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 90 compound words that contain beg. The most common are listed below. Open beg in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- beg to differTo offer an opposing opinion humbly.
- beg the questionTo engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii).
- sit-up-and-begOf a posture adopted by a person steering a vehicle (such as an aeroplane, car, or motorcycle): sitting up straight, not bent forward or leaning back.
- beg buttonA pedestrian call button.
- beg for one's lifeTo plead or make a desperate attempt to continue with what one has been doing.
- I beg your pardonUsed to express an apology for an action.
- beg offTo obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them.
- beg pardonAbbreviation of I beg your pardon: Used to express an apology for an action.
- beg buttonsplural of beg button: A pedestrian call button.
- beg yourspardon; could you repeat that?
- beg pardingBeg pardon.
- beg someone's pardonTo ask for someone's forgiveness; to apologise.
- I beg your puddingI beg your pardon.
- beg leaveTo ask permission.
- good voice to beg baconAn unpleasant-sounding voice.
Compound words 90
- beggarA person who begs.
- beggingThe act of one who begs.
- beggeeA person who is begged for something; someone approached by a beggar seeking charity.
- begathonA fundraising drive that actively solicits donations, especially one to support a public television or radio station.
- beggableCapable of being begged.
- begwarenagware
- begpackerA backpacker who finances their travels by begging.
- begpackingThe practice of begging for money while backpacking, in order to fund one's travels.
- begpostAn online post in which the poster solicits money.
- outbegTo surpass in begging.