(~s, ~ging, ~ged)
1.
If you ~ someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
I ~ged him to come back to England with me...
I ~ged to be allowed to leave...
We are not going to ~ for help any more...
They dropped to their knees and ~ged forgiveness.
VERB: V n to-inf, V to-inf-passive, V for n, V n, also V n with quote
2.
If someone who is poor is ~ging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
I was surrounded by people ~ging for food...
There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, ~ging on the streets and sleeping rough...
She was living alone, ~ging food from neighbors.
VERB: oft cont, V for n, V, V n
3.
You say ‘I ~ to differ’ when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
PHRASE: V inflects politeness
4.
If you say that something is going ~ging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
There is other housing going ~ging in town.
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
If you say that something ~s a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
Hopewell’s success ~s the question: why aren’t more companies doing the same?
PHRASE: V and N inflect
6.
If you say that something ~s a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it. (WRITTEN)
The research ~s a number of questions.
PHRASE: V and N inflect
7.
I ~ your pardon: see pardon