to beg for mercy / plead for mercy

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• beg for mercy — ask for compassion, plead for pity …   English contemporary dictionary

• plead for mercy — beg for mercy, earnestly ask for compassion …   English contemporary dictionary

• beg — verb 1) he begged on the streets Syn: panhandle, ask for money, seek charity, seek alms; informal sponge, cadge, scrounge, bum, mooch 2) we begged for mercy Syn: ask for, request, plead for …   Thesaurus of popular words

• mercy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ divine, infinite ▪ God s infinite mercy ▪ great ▪ tender ▪ I left him to the tender mercies of his mother …   Collocations dictionary

• plead — [plēd] vi. pleaded or pled or plead [pled] pleading [ME pleden < OFr plaidier < plaid: see PLEA] 1. a) to present a case in a law court; argue the case of either party b) to present a PLEA (sense …   English World dictionary

• beg — beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask or request urgently. Beg suggests ear nestness or insistence especially in asking a favor {why, boy, before I left, you were constantly begging to see Town Meredith}… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• mercy — mer|cy [ˈmə:si US ˈmə:rsi] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: merci, from Latin merces price paid, payment for work , from merx things for sale ] 1.) [U] if someone shows mercy, they choose to forgive or to be kind to someone who they have …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mercy — mer|cy1 [ mɜrsi ] noun * 1. ) uncount the act of forgiving someone or not treating them severely, especially someone you have the authority to punish: In this state, with hundreds on death row, mercy is a rare commodity. show someone mercy… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• plead — [[t]pli͟ːd[/t]] pleads, pleading, pleaded 1) VERB If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it. [V with n to inf] The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home... [V for n] He was kneeling… …   English dictionary

• mercy */ — UK [ˈmɜː(r)sɪ] / US [ˈmɜrsɪ] noun [uncountable] Word forms mercy : singular mercy plural mercies the act of forgiving someone or not treating them severely, especially someone who you have the authority to punish In this state, with hundreds on… …   English dictionary

• beg — verb 1) he begged on the streets Syn: ask for money, seek charity; informal sponge, cadge, scrounge, bum 2) we begged for mercy Syn: plead for, request, ask for, appeal for, call for …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary