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go begging

[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./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original book by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner and J.E. Gates - "A Dictionary of American Idioms". Please, […] Dictionary of American Idioms

beg the question

[beg the question] {v. phr.}, {literary} To accept as true something that is still being argued about, before it is proved true; avoid or not answer a question or problem. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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