Answer and Beg

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

Beg is an antonym for answer.

Beg

Beg verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.

Answer is an antonym for beg in topics: request, seek charity.

Common collocations

name answer name beg name
question answer question beg question
way answer way beg way

Both words in one sentence

  • Because I Said So However, I shall answer your questions unless I have a very good reason not to, in which case I beg you'll forgive me.
  • Wrestling / Bobby Heenan His answer: "It's impossible to clap with only one hand." Even Evil Has Standards: The Tuesday In Texas pay-per-view event where Jake Roberts slaps Miss Elizabeth across the face (after forcing her to beg for Randy Savage's safety).
  • Perhaps Bob now has (or gave someone) a dead relative, or maybe they just think their quest has come to an end (though their opponents probably would beg to differ.) They may have simply met the one person who could convince him that murder is not always the answer.
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