"beg off" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "beg + off",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "begs off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begging off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "beg off (third-person singular simple present begs off, present participle begging off, simple past and past participle begged off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wonder if I can beg off going to the meeting that day, since it will take me an extra two hours out of my way."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them."
      ],
      "id": "en-beg_off-en-verb-P4qvaw7K",
      "links": [
        [
          "skip",
          "skip"
        ],
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cry off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-beg off.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-au-beg_off.ogg/En-au-beg_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-au-beg_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beg off"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "beg + off",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "begs off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begging off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begged off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "beg off (third-person singular simple present begs off, present participle begging off, simple past and past participle begged off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wonder if I can beg off going to the meeting that day, since it will take me an extra two hours out of my way."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skip",
          "skip"
        ],
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-beg off.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-au-beg_off.ogg/En-au-beg_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-au-beg_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cry off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beg off"
}