almost beg
Frequency: 7.210.1 per million words
To be very close to begging.
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- In the end they almost begged him to take the job.
- She almost begged him not to leave.
- The children's pleading eyes made me almost beg their father to let them go to the party.
- I had to almost beg my friend to lend me his car for the weekend.
- With the deadline looming, he was at a point where he would almost beg for an extension.
- His voice was cracking; he was almost begging for a second chance.
- After trying everything else, she had to almost beg the landlord to fix the leak.
- The desperate look on his face seemed to almost beg for our understanding.
- If this plan fails, we will have to almost beg the board for more funding.
- Sometimes, you have to almost beg people just to listen to a new idea.