beg off | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To obtain somebody's permission toskiporcancelaneventthat one has previously arranged with them.I wonder if I canbeg offgoing to the meeting that day, since it will take me an extra two hours out of my way.1985December 7, Christine Guilfoy, Bailus Walker, “Quarantine Is No Way To Fight AIDS”, inGay Community News, volume13, number21, page 8:That's an issue that I have not discussed with the legal people. I don't know what authority we have to prevent insurance companies from setting criteria for those people that they would insure. Whether that rests with us or with the Commissioner of Insurance, I don't know. I'm going to have tobeg offthat question.

Examples:

EN: I've got to beg off.
ES: Pido clemencia.
EN: Oh, Jimmy. May I beg off?
ES: Jimmy, te lo suplico.
EN: Can I beg off?
ES: ¿Podrás disculparme?
EN: Do anything you want. I think I'll beg off that hospital board meeting tonight.
ES: Haz lo que quieras.
EN: He beg off? He's not scared of you.
ES: No te teme.
EN: I'm afraid I'm gonna have to beg off, sir.
ES: Me temo que tengo que pedir permiso, señor.
EN: Go in and beg off the rest of the night.
ES: Ve a pedirle el resto de la noche libre.
EN: David. Can't I beg off tonight? I am so...
ES: - David ¿no podrías ir esta noche sin mí?
EN: So I'm afraid I'll have to beg off.
ES: Así que me temo que no podré ir.
EN: We must get down on our knees and beg off Robert and the cat.
ES: Debemos arrodillarnos y pedir perdón a Robert y al gato.
EN: I was just about to call and beg off.
ES: estaba a punto de llamar y cancelar.
EN: Oh, I'll have to beg off, darling.
ES: Oh, tendrás que disculparme, cariño.
EN: I have to beg off tonight.
ES: No puedo.
EN: I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to beg off.
ES: Lo siento, yo no podré asistir.
EN: In spring you used to phone in sick to the office and beg off work.
ES: Antes llamabas a la oficina diciendo que estabas malo y no podías trabajar.

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