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What does begs the question mean?

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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beg the question
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The successful auction of the seven-litre Merc, for me, begs the question as to whether investing in classic cars is worthwhile.
When a game of footy is compared, in serious terms, it begs the question, what is valued more, life or kicking the pigskin around?
It might be argued that it begs the question to assume that exploitation can be mutually advantageous and consensual.
In fact, it begs the question whether preserving today's national boundaries is a worthwhile goal.
But that begs the question of why that deal happened now as opposed to two years ago and what we had to give up to get it.
No real surprises here but it begs the question of why such obvious flaws were never caught in advance.

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