beg the question

Meaning

1. 1

   to make sb want to ask a question that has not yet been answered

   All of which begs the question as to who will fund the project.

2. 2

   to talk about sth as if it were definitely true, even though it might not be

   These assumptions beg the question that children learn languages more easily than adults.

In the movies · 4

• These things beg the question...Batman Begins2005
• Which begs the question, who is the new Ant-Man?Ant-Man2015
• Which begs the obvious question. Who cares?Changeling2008
• And, oh, by the way, Bobby Boucher is also the team's waterboy, which, of course, begs the question:The Waterboy1998

From the same entry

• beg leave to do
• be going begging
• beg pardon
• I beg to differ
• I beg your pardon
• beg off