BEG OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beg off mean? 

• BEG OFF (verb)
  The verb BEG OFF has 1 sense:

1. ask for permission to be released from an engagement

  Familiarity information: BEG OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEG OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ask for permission to be released from an engagement

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

beg off; excuse

Hypernyms (to "beg off" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Beg off social obligations, and take some sweet time for yourself over the weekend of March 7-8, and if you can, take one extra day off, Monday, March 9.

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