Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Petitions (4 letter answer)
The Answer
BEGS
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Notes
The answer BEGS is uncommon, appearing about once every 375 puzzles.
Related Clues
Adjures
Entreats
Implores
Importunes
Is a mendicant
Mendicates
Panhandles
Asks for alms
Makes a touch
___ off (declines)
Partner of borrows
Seeks baksheesh
Seeks change?
Tries for change?
Does a dog trick
Doesn't just ask
Has a hand out
Seeks change, maybe
What a mendicant does
Does a certain dog trick
Does a standard dog trick
Sits up on two legs, maybe
Definition
BEG as a verb:
1. (beg, implore, pray) = call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
2. (solicit, beg, tap) = make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
3. ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"