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Discover LudwigThe phrase "begs a question" is a commonly used idiom in written English.
This phrase is used to refer to a situation that prompts the posing of a question. For example: The little girl's inability to read at her age begs the question of why she has not been receiving proper education.
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This begs a question.
Which begs a question: what is greatness?
The last example begs a question.
The exhibition's title begs a question.
A nice strategy, but it begs a question: what happens when they fall?
Still, this begs a question: Is any major inherently practical for every individual?
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His choreographed maneuvers were impressive, but they begged a question.
That begged a question: What's so different?
T's fall reports on mayhem and street fashion – from London, Cairo and Tokyo – beg a question: how has globalization affected street style?
Those remarks begged a question: What will happen if the Kiwis put together a race which satifies Coutts?
The law of return (1950), which gave every Jew the right to immigrate to Israel, begged a question: who is a Jew?
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