verb
to ask for or ask one for something urgently
beg one's life from an attacker
beg a stranger for help
Synonyms: appeal, beseech, brace, conjure, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, plead, pray, supplicate
Related Word: ask, call (on), request, solicit; petition, sue; besiege, demand, press; nag, worry
Idioms: throw oneself at the feet of ( or on the mercy of)
Contrasted words: hint, intimate, suggest