- sponge off someone
- in. to live off someone; to take advantage of someone by taking food and shelter from them without compensation.□ Go get a job! Stop sponging off me!
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sponge off someone — If you sponge off someone, you live at the expense of another person, accepting their hospitality without sharing the costs or doing something in return. Amy has been sponging off her grandparents for the past two months. She neither… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
sponge off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms sponge off : present tense I/you/we/they sponge off he/she/it sponges off present participle sponging off past tense sponged off past participle sponged off informal sponge off someone to ask for money and… … English dictionary
sponge off — verb clean with a sponge, by rubbing (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑sponge down • Hypernyms: ↑rub • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈsponge off [transitive] … Useful english dictionary
ˈsponge off sb — phrasal verb informal to ask for money and other things from someone and not give anything back or pay for anything yourself … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sponge — sponge1 [ spʌndʒ ] noun count 1. ) a piece of a soft artificial or natural substance that is used for sucking up liquid, for cleaning things, or for washing yourself a ) a sea animal whose light soft body is used for washing or cleaning things 2 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sponge — /spʌndʒ / (say spunj) noun 1. any of a group of aquatic (mostly marine) animals (phylum Porifera) which are characterised by a porous structure and (usually) a horny, siliceous, or calcareous skeleton or framework, and which, except in the larval …
sponge — I UK [spʌndʒ] / US noun Word forms sponge : singular sponge plural sponges 1) a) [countable] a piece of a soft artificial or natural substance that is used for taking liquid into itself, for cleaning things, or for washing yourself b) a sea… … English dictionary
sponge — noun 1》 a sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body supported by a framework of fibres or spicules. [Phylum Porifera.] 2》 a piece of a soft, light, porous absorbent substance originally consisting of the fibrous skeleton of a sponge… … English new terms dictionary
sponge — [spʌndʒ] noun I 1) [C] a piece of a soft substance that takes in water easily and that is used for cleaning things or for washing yourself 2) [C/U] British a sponge cake II verb [T] sponge [spʌndʒ] to wash someone or something with a sponge •… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sponge — [[t]spʌ̱nʤ[/t]] sponges, sponging, sponged 1) N COUNT Sponge is a very light soft substance with lots of little holes in it, which can be either artificial or natural. It is used to clean things or as a soft layer. ...a sponge mattress. 2) N… … English dictionary
