What does beg, borrow, or steal mean?

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beg, borrow, or steal

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

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go to pains at pains go to great lengths spare no effort

go to pains at pains go to great lengths spare no effort

What does beg, borrow, or steal mean?: To acquire something by any means necessary or available.

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