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sponging off

/ˈspʌndʒɪŋ ɒf/

/ˈspʌndʒɪŋ ɔf/

sponge offverb

sponging off

Gerund

sponged off

Past Simple

sponged off

Past Participle

sponging off

Gerund

/spʌndʒ ɒf/

/spʌndʒ ɔf/

Translations

He always tries to sponge off his friends instead of finding a job.

Он всегда пытается паразитировать на своих друзьях, вместо того чтобы найти работу.

Definitions

To obtain something, especially money or food, from someone else without doing or intending to do anything in return.

He has been sponging off his friends for months without contributing anything.

Synonyms

leech off

take advantage of

live off