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Phrase(s): go begging Fig. to be left over, unwanted, or unused. (As if a thing were begging for an owner or a user.) • There is still food left. A whole lobster is going begging. Please eat some more. • There are many excellent books in the library just going begging because people don’t know they are there.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Be in little or no demand, as in At this time of year barrels of apples go begging. [Late 1500s]
American Heritage Idioms