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begging off
vb. (present participle of beg off English)
Usage examples of "begging off".
I'll bet it was four Dokkalfar you were begging off lastonly there's just three of them now.
Telling you there were difficulties seemed the most graceful way of begging off.
I'm not begging off from the problem, only advising senior command that I've not made significant headway with him.
But Doreen had been too busy, begging off because some better offer had come along .
Dolmants been trying to persuade him to accept a permanent appointment, but our friend here keeps begging off - some nonsense about having too many jobs already.
Although they'd invited me and Jane over for the past three Thanksgivings, we had never gone, begging off because of school, work, whatever excuse we could think up.