- be going begging
- British spoken
if something is going begging, anyone can have it because no one else wants it
I'll have that last biscuit if it's going begging.
English dictionary. 2014.
be going begging
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be going begging — british spoken phrase if something is going begging, anyone can have it because no one else wants it I’ll have that last biscuit if it’s going begging. Thesaurus: available and to be, or to become availablesynonym Main entry: beg … Useful english dictionary
(be) going begging — be going ˈbegging idiom (BrE, informal) if sth is going begging, it is available because nobody else wants it • I ll have that last cake if it s going begging. Main entry: ↑begidiom … Useful english dictionary
be going begging — if something is going begging, it is available to be taken because no one else wants it. There s a big box of apples going begging … New idioms dictionary
Begging the question — Bust of Aristotle, whose Prior Analytics contained an early discussion of this fallacy. Begging the question (or petitio principii, assuming the initial point ) is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed… … Wikipedia
Going — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
go begging — {v. phr.} To be not needed or wanted. * /Many old homes in the city go begging./ * /Most of the apples on the market went begging./ … Dictionary of American idioms
go begging — {v. phr.} To be not needed or wanted. * /Many old homes in the city go begging./ * /Most of the apples on the market went begging./ … Dictionary of American idioms
go begging — phrasal : to be in little demand fish went begging when the cannery went out of business * * * go begging ● beg * * * (of an article) be available for use because unwanted by others half the apartments in New York go begging in the summer ■ (of… … Useful english dictionary
To go a-begging — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beg — [beg] v past tense and past participle begged present participle begging ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ask)¦ 2¦(money/food)¦ 3¦(animal)¦ 4 I beg your pardon 5 I beg to differ 6 beg the question 7 be going begging 8 beg, borrow, or steal ▬▬▬▬▬ … Dictionary of contemporary English
