Beg to be excused and Sending up the river

Sending up the river and beg to be excused are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sending up the river" instead a verb phrase "Beg to be excused".

Beg to be excused and sending up the river are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beg to be excused" instead a verb phrase "Sending up the river".