beg

/beg/ verb (present participle begging, past tense and past participle begged)

Translation

FOOD/MONEY [I] › to ask someone for food or money, because you do not have any

dilenmek, istemek

Young children were begging on the streets.11681417

STRONG REQUEST [I, T] › to make a very strong and urgent request

yalvarmak

She begged him for help. [+ to do sth] I begged her not to go. → See also I beg your pardon.1168

(Definition of beg verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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