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Beg to differ

//ˈbɛɡ tə ˈdɪfə// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To offer an opposing opinion humbly. idiomatic

    "Thus Lord King asserted, February 28, 1818, "That the whole of what the noble Secretary of State, Lord Liverpool, had said, amounted to this, that the Sinking Fund was only nominal, and had not paid one shilling of the debt." To which Lord Liverpool replied, "He begged to differ with his Lordship, and was of opinion, that the Sinking Fund was real.""

  2. 2
    To differ (strongly) in interpretation or opinion. idiomatic

    "Now the pluralists may say that a place where they run up new houses, and pull down old ones, is by no means disqualified for occupation, but he begs to differ from them decidedly."

Etymology

From beg (“to plead with someone for help”) + to + differ.

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