beg

To ask very strongly for something because you badly need or want it.

• Please, I beg you, stay.
• She begged him to give her another chance.
• They are begging for help.

How to use it: beg someone to do something (She begged him to stay.); beg someone for something (He begged his sister for help.)

Similar words: plead, implore, entreat

Common phrases: beg someone, beg for something, beg someone to stay, beg for help

To ask people to give you money, food, or other help because you have very little.

• He begs for money outside the station.
• They begged for food when their savings ran out.
• Nobody should have to beg to survive.

How to use it: beg for something (He had to beg for food.); beg from someone (She begged from people outside the station.)

Similar words: panhandle

Common phrases: beg for money, beg in streets, beg from someone