Amy has been sponging off her grandparents for the past two months. She neither shares the expenses nor helps in the house.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
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! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial 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
