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rots away

rots away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rot away.

Meaning of rot away

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

Questions about rots away

What is rots away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rots away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rot away.

Words near rots away in the dictionary

  1. rotproofing
  2. rotproofs
  3. Rotramel
  4. Rotramels
  5. rots
  6. rots away
  7. rots in hell
  8. rots off
  9. rots through
  10. ROTSE
  11. Rotselaar

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