单词	begging off
释义	beg off verb begged off; begging off; begs off intransitive verb : to ask to be excused from something transitive verb : to ask or gain permission to be excused from begged off attending the party beg-off ˈbeg-ˌȯf  noun Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Because many of us can’t exactly beg off Zoom calls, using them to our advantage can help. Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 7 Feb. 2022 Howard Wolfson, a Bloomberg adviser who also worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, told the Washington Post’s Michael Scherer that the seventy-seven-year old Bloomberg would beg off the first four contests. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2019 Most athletes beg off chores involving tennis politics. Elizabeth Weil, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2019 Talbot: While a lot of players begged off of playing for Team USA this summer — even DeMar DeRozan isn’t playing — White has made the most of his time so far. Nick Talbot, ExpressNews.com, 10 Aug. 2019 Carroll joked when begging off on the invitation and promising to return the next day to pick up Egan, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported at the time. Washington Post, 23 June 2018 But John Glenn never begged off anything in his life. Bob Greene, WSJ, 5 June 2018 Think of all the ways to beg off such an assignment. Bob Greene, WSJ, 5 June 2018 The New York Times reported that Trump had ordered Mueller to be fired in June, only to beg off after White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to resign in protest. Alex Shephard, New Republic, 30 Jan. 2018 See More Word History First Known Use 1788, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense begging off verb present participle of beg off as in crying off Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance crying off taking back unsaying wimping out backing off backing out backing down retracting copping out recalling recanting forswearing withdrawing abnegating abjuring disavowing chickening (out) foreswearing finking out backpedaling backtracking repudiating reneging Antonyms & Near Antonyms adhering (to) complying (with) following through (with) keeping fulfilling satisfying honoring See More
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