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                            Phrase(s): go begging 
Fig. to be left over, unwanted, or unused. (As if a thing were begging for an owner or a user.)  •  There is still food left. A whole lobster is going begging. Please eat some more.  •  There are many excellent books in the library just going begging because people don’t know they are there.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs