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                              verb ask sb for food, money, etc.  VERB + BEG  be forced to, have to PREP.  for begging for food | from He had to beg food from passers-by. ask for sth with great emotion  ADV.  almost, practically In the end they almost begged him to take the job. | humbly We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy. | silently Don't leave me, he begged her silently. VERB + BEG  be forced to, have to PREP.  for We went to him to beg for forgiveness. | of (formal) Do not do that, I beg of you.
                        
                        
 
                        
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