Be in little or no demand, as in At this time of year barrels of apples go begging. [Late 1500s]
| Idioms: go begging |
Be in little or no demand, as in At this time of year barrels of apples go begging. [Late 1500s]
| beg (Idiom) | |
| Hugh Stevenson (person) | |
| The Gods Go a-Begging (ballet) |
| Why going house to house looking for sweets on halloween not begging? | |
| Who was the girl that maria was talking to in the begging of the 2002 film go for broke? | |
| I am begging you? |
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