Synonyms for beg off
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : beg |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɛg |
Top 10 synonyms for beg off Other synonyms for the word beg off
- accede
- acquiesce
- avoid
- back pedal
- beg off
- blow it off
- bow out
- brush off
- chicken out
- cop out
- decline
- demur
- desist
- disaccord
- disallow
- disapprove
- dispense with
- dissent
- dodge
- evade
- funk out
- get cold feet
- give ground
- give in
- give thumbs down to
- give up
- give way
- go back on
- have no fight left
- have no stomach for
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- ignore
- make concessions
- make excuses
- nix
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care to
- pass up
- protest
- pull back
- pull out
- rebuff
- recant
- recoil
- refuse to receive
- regret
- reject
- renege
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- resign
- retreat
- scratch
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- shun
- shy from
- spurn
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- throw in the towel
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn down
- turn from
- turn one's back on
- turn yellow
- weasel out
- welsh
- wiggle out
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- withhold
- worm out
- yield
Définition of beg off
Origin :- c.1200, perhaps from Old English bedecian "to beg," from Proto-Germanic *beth-; or possibly from Anglo-French begger, from Old French begart (see beggar). The Old English word for "beg" was wædlian, from wædl "poverty." Of trained dogs, 1816.
- As a courteous mode of asking (beg pardon, etc.), first attested c.1600. To beg the question translates Latin petitio principii, and means "to assume something that hasn't been proven as a basis of one's argument," thus "asking" one's opponent to give something unearned, though more of the nature of taking it for granted without warrant.
- As in back down : verb back off
- As in back out : verb withdraw
- As in refuse : verb deny; say no
- As in chicken out : verb back down
Antonyms for beg off
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