beg for mercy
Example Sentences
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“I would like to go to that meeting and beg for mercy and ask for them to let us come back to the table.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024
You can also beg for mercy at the gate.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2019
Yes, the food from this southwestern province can be thermonuclear, spicy enough in fact to make you beg for mercy — or even call the cops on the cook.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2018
Unless advertisers stop paying me, in which case I’ll beg for mercy.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2018
They all plead ignorance and beg for mercy.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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