See go begging on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1904, David Graham Phillips, chapter 18, in The Cost:",
"text": "\"Principles without leaders go begging,\" he replied.",
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"ref": "1957 April 8, “They're Either Too Pretty or Too Old”, in Time:",
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"ref": "2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:",
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