Beg and Prefer

Beg

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

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

Prefer

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

Beg and prefer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beg" instead a verb "Prefer".

Common collocations

people beg people prefer people
name beg name prefer name
someone beg someone prefer someone
way beg way prefer way
Other words: brother, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Defiant to the End When the local lord asks if they want to beg, Mugen invokes the trope by saying he'd prefer the blade to bowing down to him.
  • But after the boy starts bullying the babies and manipulating them to do his bidding, they realize they prefer being bossed around by Angelica and they beg her to rescue them.
  • Despite being a member of a race of Blood Knights who would actually prefer death when defeated in battle than live with the shame of losing, he has the nerve to beg his younger, weaker (at the time) brother to let him go, only to backstab him when freed.
    Source: Dirty Coward
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