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Verb: beg off  beg óf
  1. Ask for permission to be released from an engagement
    - excuse

Derived forms: begged off, begs off, begging off

See also: beg

Type of: bespeak, call for, quest, request

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before long
beforehand
befoul
befouled
befoulment
befriend
befuddle
befuddled
befuddlement
beg
beg off
beg the question
beget
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beggar
beggar lice
beggarly
beggarman
beggar-my-neighbor
beggar-my-neighbor policy
beggar-my-neighbor strategy