beg for mercy

VERB

grovel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beseech fawn

STRONG

beg blandish bootlick brown-nose court cower crawl creep cringe crouch flatter humor implore kneel kowtow pamper prostrate revere snivel soft-soap stoop truckle wheedle

WEAK

apple-polish bow and scrape butter up cater to eat crow eat dirt eat humble pie fall all over humble oneself kiss one's feet make much of make up to play up to suck up to

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore

WEAK

boast

Example Sentences

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“I would like to go to that meeting and beg for mercy and ask for them to let us come back to the table.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024

But if all else fails, beg for mercy.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

After reading this ruthless satire of their behavior, they probably can’t sue for slander, but they might want to beg for mercy.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2021

You can also beg for mercy at the gate.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2019

Then he'd have to make a deal with the Warden, tell her where he found Kate Barlow's lipstick tube, and beg for mercy.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

beg for mercy

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