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rot away

rot away verb: to spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.

Verb

rot away (third-person singular simple present rots away, present participle rotting away, simple past and past participle rotted away)

  1. To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.
    • “I thought you were rotting away in prison,” she purred.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of rot away

third-person singular presentrots away
present participlerotting away
past participlerotted away
pastrotted away

Questions about rot away

What does rot away mean?
Rot away means to spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.
What part of speech is rot away?
Rot away is a verb.
What is the past tense of rot away?
The past tense of rot away is rotted away.

Words near rot away in the dictionary

  1. rosé sauces
  2. rosé wine
  3. rosé wines
  4. rosés
  5. rot
  6. rot away
  7. rot gut
  8. rot in hell
  9. rot me
  10. rot off
  11. rot pocket

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