beg off
verbEtymology
beg + off
Definitions
To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously…
To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them.
- I wonder if I can beg off going to the meeting that day, since it will take me an extra two hours out of my way.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for beg off. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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