to sponge off
1sponge\ off — • sponge on • sponge off v. phr. To exploit parasitically; depend upon for support. He is already forty years old, but he refuses to go to work and sponges off his retired parents …
2sponge off — verb clean with a sponge, by rubbing (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑sponge down • Hypernyms: ↑rub • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈsponge off [transitive] …
3sponge 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… …
4sponge 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… …
5sponge off — informal obtain money or food from others without giving anything in return. → sponge …
6sponge 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! …
7sponge off — v. live off somebody without paying for rent, food, or other costs …
8ˈsponge off sb — phrasal verb informal to ask for money and other things from someone and not give anything back or pay for anything yourself …
9sponge\ on — • sponge on • sponge off v. phr. To exploit parasitically; depend upon for support. He is already forty years old, but he refuses to go to work and sponges off his retired parents …
10sponge — sponge1 [spʌndʒ] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Latin; Origin: spongia, from Greek] 1.) [U and C] a piece of a soft natural or artificial substance full of small holes, which can suck up liquid and is used for washing 2.) a simple sea creature from which… …
