go begging
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- (idiomatic) To be available but wasted, unused, or not actualized.
- 1904, David Graham Phillips, chapter 18, in The Cost:
- "Principles without leaders go begging," he replied.
- 1957 April 8, "They're Either Too Pretty or Too Old," Time:
- As prosperity piles up the paperwork, the shortage becomes more severe; some 250000 secretarial jobs go begging every day.
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