Translations for „beg off“ in the English » German Dictionary

beg off VB intr

to beg off [from] sth inf

sich acc [bei etw dat ] entschuldigen lassen

we begged off the meeting

wir sagten das Treffen ab

to beg off work

sich dat freigeben lassen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to beg off work

sich dat freigeben lassen

to beg sth from [or inf off] sb

etw von jdm schnorren inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

To all proposals he would beg off with an easy smile and a general refusal worded to give no offense.

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A baby is forever and it can be very difficult to accept that you can't just beg off from being a parent for the day.

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I will beg off from identifying the two.

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Wise tried to beg off, pleading that he was too old and infirm, but he was finally goaded into it for sport.

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The pencil is used up in two days; then he has to make do with the stubs he has saved or with whatever he can beg off someone else.

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The local district attorney's office had to beg off the case because of potential conflicts of interest with witnesses.

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