Beg and Claim

Beg

Beg verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.
Usage example: she begged her husband to give up extreme skiing

Claim and beg are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Beg".

Claim

Claim verb - To have as a requirement.
Usage example: caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time

Beg and claim are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beg" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Common collocations

name beg name claim name
innocence beg innocence claim innocence

Both words in one sentence

  • Videogame / Darkest Dungeon Title Drop: The last sentence of the opening cutscene:Narrator: I beg you, return home, claim your birthright, and deliver our family from the ravenous clutching shadows of the darkest dungeon.
  • Manga / Deadman Wonderland Proper Lady: Karako likes to claim she is one — most people beg to differ.
  • Era-Specific Personality Moffat made them more into shifty politicians exploiting recession fears - under him Daleks have a complicated parliamentary democracy, find hatred beautiful, and claim to care about their people but beg for personal mercy.
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