"go begging" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go begging.ogg Forms: goes begging [present, singular, third-person], going begging [participle, present], went begging [past], gone begging [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> begging}} go begging (third-person singular simple present goes begging, present participle going begging, simple past went begging, past participle gone begging)
  1. (idiomatic) To be available but wasted, unused, or not actualized. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: go a-begging
    Sense id: en-go_begging-en-verb-42Gq0tLz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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