beg off
Intermediário superior (B2) formal
To politely ask to be let off from doing something you were supposed to do.
"He had planned to attend the conference but had to beg off at the last moment due to a family emergency."
To politely ask to be let off from doing something you were supposed to do.
"He had planned to attend the conference but had to beg off at the last moment due to a family emergency."