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rotted away

rotted away is the simple past and past participle 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 rotted away

What is rotted away the simple past and past participle of?
Rotted away is the simple past and past participle of rot away.

Words near rotted away in the dictionary

  1. Rott
  2. rotta
  3. rottable
  4. rottas
  5. rotted
  6. rotted away
  7. rotted in hell
  8. rotted off
  9. rotted through
  10. rottedness
  11. rotten

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