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mooching off

mooching off is the present participle and gerund of mooch off.

Meaning of mooch off

Verb

mooch off (third-person singular simple present mooches off, present participle mooching off, simple past and past participle mooched off)

  1. To obtain (something) by taking advantage of the charity of (someone or something).
    • No TV? No problem. You can log in with your (or, no shame if you're still mooching off your parents') cable provider at ABC.com or subscribe to Disney+ and Hulu.2023 November 6, Samantha Olson, “How to Watch the Taylor Swift-Themed Night on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 32”, in Cosmopolitan
  2. To wander off.

Questions about mooching off

What is mooching off the present participle and gerund of?
Mooching off is the present participle and gerund of mooch off.

Words near mooching off in the dictionary

  1. mooches
  2. mooches off
  3. moochies
  4. moochin
  5. mooching
  6. mooching off
  7. moochings
  8. moochins
  9. moochulka
  10. moochulkas
  11. moochy

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