beggar
verb/ˈbeɡə(r)/
/ˈbeɡər/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they beggar | /ˈbeɡə(r)/ /ˈbeɡər/ |
| he / she / it beggars | /ˈbeɡəz/ /ˈbeɡərz/ |
| past simple beggared | /ˈbeɡəd/ /ˈbeɡərd/ |
| past participle beggared | /ˈbeɡəd/ /ˈbeɡərd/ |
| -ing form beggaring | /ˈbeɡərɪŋ/ /ˈbeɡərɪŋ/ |
- beggar somebody/something/yourself to make somebody/something very poor
- Why should I beggar myself for you?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBeggar is used with these nouns as the object:- belief
- description
Word OriginMiddle English: from beg + -ar.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See beggar in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybeggar belief/description
- to be too extreme, horrible, etc. to believe/describe
- It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.
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