Usually means: Politely decline or avoid commitment.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. beg-off, beg off: Merriam-Webster
  2. beg off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beg off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. beg off: Vocabulary.com
  5. beg off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. beg off: Wiktionary
  7. beg off: Dictionary.com
  8. beg off: Rhymezone
  9. beg off: Phrasal Verb Page
  10. beg off: FreeDictionary.org
  11. beg off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. beg off: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. beg off: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (beg off)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them.

Similar:
excuse, cry off, skip out, get off, take off, skip, bog off, call off, clear off, cop off, more...

Types:
refuse, decline, pass, opt out, more...

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Similar:
excuse, cry off, skip out, get off, take off, skip, bog off, call off, clear off, cop off, more...

Types:
refuse, decline, pass, opt out, more...



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