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Begging People Food I Begged Poor Give Money

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If someone who is poor is b______, they are asking people to give them food or money.If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
I was surrounded by people begging for food.
There are thousands like him, begging on the streets and sleeping rough.
She was living alone, begging food from neighbors.
word beg
full-definition
verb
If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
I begged him to come back to England with me.
I begged to be allowed to leave.
We are not going to beg for help any more.
They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness.
If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
I was surrounded by people begging for food.
There are thousands like him, begging on the streets and sleeping rough.
She was living alone, begging food from neighbors.
inflections begsbeggingbeggedblagtouch (someone) for
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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