| 单词 | sponge off someone |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to get (something) from someone by taking advantage of his or her generosity He should just get an honest job and stop sponging off the rest of us! Synonyms scrounge (informal) She had to scrounge the money. cadge He asked if he could cadge a ride from somebody. freeload (slang) beg I was surrounded by people begging for food. bum (informal) Mind if I bum a cigarette? touch (someone) for (slang) blag (slang) wheedle sorn (Scottish) bludge (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of beg Definition to ask for money or food in the street I was surrounded by people begging for food. Synonyms scrounge (informal), bum (informal), blag (slang), touch (someone) for (slang), mooch (slang), cadge, forage for, hunt around (for), sponge on (someone) for, freeload (slang), seek charity, call for alms, solicit charity in the sense of bum Definition to get by begging Mind if I bum a cigarette? Synonyms scrounge (informal), cadge, beg, touch (someone) for (slang), blag (slang), sorn (Scottish), freeload (slang) in the sense of cadge Definition to get (something) from someone by taking advantage of his or her generosity He asked if he could cadge a ride from somebody. Synonyms scrounge (informal), beg, bum (informal), blag (slang), mooch (slang), freeload (slang), sponge (informal) Nearby words of |
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