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“But he had to beg out shortly"... I'm confused isn't “beg out of" the correct one?
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Blessing O 2 wrote: ↑10 Jun 2022, 10:44 “But he had to beg out shortly"... I'm confused isn't “beg out of" the correct one?
Hi.

The correct phrasal verb for this would be “beg off.”
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dic ... sh/beg-off
When I did a Google search, I did not see any examples of “beg out” or “beg out of.”
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I did some research and discovered "beg out of" in English translations to other languages, but I couldn't find it in Oxford or Cambridge dictionaries, only "beg off." (beg off: phrasal verb), beg off: to say that you are unable to do something that you have agreed to do.
For instance, he is always begging off at the last minute.
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I would say beg off is correct. Perhaps you are meaning bow out?
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