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spoiling someone rotten

spoiling someone rotten is the present participle and gerund 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 spoiling someone rotten

What is spoiling someone rotten the present participle and gerund of?
Spoiling someone rotten is the present participle and gerund of spoil someone rotten.

Words near spoiling someone rotten in the dictionary

  1. spoilful
  2. spoilin'
  3. spoiling
  4. spoiling for a fight
  5. spoiling somebody rotten
  6. spoiling someone rotten
  7. spoiling the market
  8. spoiling the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
  9. spoilings
  10. spoilless
  11. spoils

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