beg it in English

Forms: begs it [present, singular, third-person], begging it [participle, present], begged it [participle, past], begged it [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} beg it (third-person singular simple present begs it, present participle begging it, simple past and past participle begged it)

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    {
      "form": "begs it",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "begging it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    }
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        "To suck up, overly flatter in a needy manner; be attention-seeking"
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          "needy",
          "needy"
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        [
          "attention-seeking",
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        ]
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        "(MLE, slang) To suck up, overly flatter in a needy manner; be attention-seeking"
      ],
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}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "begs it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begging it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
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  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "beg"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick-me"
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
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        "To suck up, overly flatter in a needy manner; be attention-seeking"
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          "flatter",
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        "(MLE, slang) To suck up, overly flatter in a needy manner; be attention-seeking"
      ],
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        "Multicultural-London-English",
        "slang"
      ]
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  "word": "beg it"
}

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"beg it" meaning in English

Verb