Beg and Press

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

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Press is a synonym for beg in request topic. In some cases you can use "Press" instead a verb "Beg", when it comes to topics like importune.

Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Beg is a synonym for press in urge topic. Sometimes you can use "Beg" instead a verb "Press", if it concerns topics such as pressure.

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

character	beg character	press character
people	beg people	press people
point	beg point	press point
question	beg question	press question
Other words: way, light, times, weapons.

As a measure of last resort, Janet is designed to tearfully beg for her life whenever someone goes to press it.

Source: Series / The Good Place
His first run-in with drug issues came in the '90s, when his father Martin Sheen had to hold a live press conference to beg his son to stop using.

Source: Controversy-Proof Image
In The Warrior's Apprentice, twenty years later, the tables are turned when Aral Vorkosigan is forced to beg Vorhalas not to press treason charges against Miles that would lead to his execution (and Miles is technically guilty).

Source: Please Spare Him, My Liege!

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