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abegging

[ uh-beg-ing ]

adverb

  1. Archaic. begging.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of abegging1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; a- 1, beg 1, -ing 2
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. go abegging, to be unnoticed, unused, or unappreciated; find few supporters:

    New ideas often go abegging.

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Example Sentences

Suffice it to say that you can’t treat your sister the way the ant treated the grasshopper when winter arrived and the long-limbed creature came abegging.

In the care of U.S. bureaucracy, that concern went abegging for years.

Despite this, L�pez Portillo has not gone abegging to the Oval Office, although he would like adjustments in a trade relationship that heavily favors the U.S.

More than two years have passed since the FCC set aside 242 tax-exempt channels for education, and 195 of them are still going abegging.

The Gods Go aBegging, fill out the last disc.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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