go begging
phrase
: to be in little demand
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Franck Kessie and Deniz Undav scored from cutbacks into the box, but the chaos of this game came from the number of opportunities from that same route that went begging.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
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Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
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“Go begging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20begging. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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