beg: signification et définitions

To ask for as charity: begged money while sitting in a doorway.

To ask earnestly for or of; entreat: begged me for help.

To evade; dodge: a speech that begged the real issues.

To take for granted without proof: beg the point in a dispute.

To solicit alms.

To make a humble or urgent plea.

beg off To ask to be released from something, such as an obligation: We were invited to stay for dinner, but we had to beg off.