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spoiled someone rotten

spoiled someone rotten is the simple past and past participle of spoil someone rotten.

Meaning of spoil someone rotten

Verb

spoil someone rotten (third-person singular simple present spoils someone rotten, present participle spoiling someone rotten, simple past and past participle spoiled someone rotten or spoilt someone rotten)

  1. (idiomatic) To overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding.
    • Naylonfred had spoiled them rotten, making them selfish and demanding.2013, Jack Camarda, Corruptus Politicus, →ISBN

Questions about spoiled someone rotten

What is spoiled someone rotten the simple past and past participle of?
Spoiled someone rotten is the simple past and past participle of spoil someone rotten.

Words near spoiled someone rotten in the dictionary

  1. spoiled
  2. spoiled for choice
  3. spoiled grape juice
  4. spoiled rotten
  5. spoiled somebody rotten
  6. spoiled someone rotten
  7. spoiled the market
  8. spoiled the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
  9. spoiledness
  10. spoilee
  11. spoilees

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