beg off in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for beg off in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for beg off in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.beg <pres part begging; pt, pp begged> [Am bɛɡ, Brit bɛɡ] VB trans

II.beg <pres part begging; pt, pp begged> [Am bɛɡ, Brit bɛɡ] VB intr

I.off [Am ɔf, ɑf, Brit ɒf] PREP

II.off [Am ɔf, ɑf, Brit ɒf] ADV off often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (break off, pay off, take off, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (break, pay, take, etc).

III.off [Am ɔf, ɑf, Brit ɒf] ADJ

6. off → offside

See also well-off, on, offside, go off, bring on, better-off, badly off

well-off <pred well off> [wɛl ɔf, wɛlˈɒf] ADJ

I.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] PREP on often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (count on, lay on, sign on, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (count, lay, sign, etc).

II.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADV

III.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADJ

I.offside [Am ˌɔfˈsaɪd, Brit ɒfˈsʌɪd] N

II.offside [Am ˌɔfˈsaɪd, Brit ɒfˈsʌɪd] ADJ

III.offside [Am ˌɔfˈsaɪd, Brit ɒfˈsʌɪd] ADV SPORTS

I.go off VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

II.go off VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

I.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + prep + o) (cause to befall)

better-off <pred better off> [Am ˌbɛdərˈɔf, ˌbɛdərˈɑf, Brit ˌbɛtərˈɒf] ADJ

badly off <comp worse off, superl worst off, pred> ADJ

beg off in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for beg off in the English»Spanish Dictionary

IV.off [ɒf, Am ɑ:f] N no pl Brit

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
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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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 local district attorney's office had to beg off the case because of potential conflicts of interest with witnesses.
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I will beg off from identifying the two.
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To all proposals he would beg off with an easy smile and a general refusal worded to give no offense.
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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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