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Yes, beg is playable

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"Beg" Definition

phrasal-verb

Beg off To ask to be released from something, such as an obligation: We were invited to stay for dinner, but we had to beg off.

verb-transitive

To ask earnestly for or of; entreat: begged me for help.
To ask for as charity: begged money while sitting in a doorway.
To evade; dodge: a speech that begged the real issues.
To take for granted without proof: beg the point in a dispute.

verb-intransitive

To make a humble or urgent plea.
To solicit alms.

verb

To ask for as a charity.
To ask earnestly for.
To require as necessary or appropriate.
To ask for alms.
To ask earnestly.

abbreviation

Begin; beginning.

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