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beg, borrow, or steal

beg, borrow, or steal phrase: to acquire something by any means necessary or available.

Phrase

beg, borrow, or steal

  1. To acquire something by any means necessary or available.

Questions about beg, borrow, or steal

What does beg, borrow, or steal mean?
Beg, borrow, or steal means to acquire something by any means necessary or available.
What part of speech is beg, borrow, or steal?
Beg, borrow, or steal is a phrase.

Words near beg, borrow, or steal in the dictionary

  1. beg pardon
  2. beg someone's pardon
  3. beg the question
  4. beg to differ
  5. beg yours
  6. beg, borrow, or steal
  7. bega
  8. Bega Valley
  9. begab
  10. begabled
  11. begabs

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