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beg to be excused

VERB

decline

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deny dismiss refuse reject

STRONG

abjure abstain avoid balk bypass demur desist disapprove forbear forgo gainsay nix refrain renounce reprobate repudiate shy spurn

WEAK

don't buy not accept not hear of not think of pass on send regrets turn down turn thumbs down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept allow approve grant sanction

STRONG

agree continue go along indulge want

WEAK

say yes

Example Sentences

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But were he to become insistent and ask me to look into the matter for myself, I should beg to be excused.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

As things were, he must beg to be excused.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

Ages seemed to have passed before she was able to rise slowly, to smile, to beg to be excused a moment.

From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto

"I shall consider that I am in a country of democratic principles," she laughed, "and beg to be excused from acceding to the tyrannical demands of any autocrat male or female."

From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine

Harry answered, "that on this occasion he must beg to be excused, for he had nothing to give."

From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas

beg to be excused

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