beg the question
If a statement or situation begs the question, it causes you to ask a particular question:
Spending the summer travelling round India is a great idea, but it does rather beg the question of how we can afford it.
To discuss the company's future begs the question whether it has a future.

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beg the question
1.
if a statement or situation begs the question, it causes you to ask a particular question.
It's all very well talking about extra staff but it rather begs the question of how we're going to pay for them.

2.
if something that someone says begs the question, it suggests that something is true which might in fact be false.
We're assuming, are we, that Anthony will still be in charge this time next year? That rather begs the question, doesn't it?

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beg the question
to invite the question that follows
The purchase of the expensive car begged the question of where the man got the money.

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beg the question
v. phr., literary To accept as true something that is still being argued about, before it is proved true; avoid or not answer a question or problem.
The girls asked Miss Smith if they should wear formal dresses to the party; Miss Smith said they were begging the question because they didn't know yet if they could get permission for a party.
Laura told Tom that he must believe her argument because she was right. Father laughed and told Laura she was begging the question.
Compare: TAKE FOR GRANTED.

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