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spoils someone rotten

spoils someone rotten is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 spoils someone rotten

What is spoils someone rotten the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spoils someone rotten is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil someone rotten.

Words near spoils someone rotten in the dictionary

  1. spoilings
  2. spoilless
  3. spoils
  4. spoils of war
  5. spoils somebody rotten
  6. spoils someone rotten
  7. spoils system
  8. spoils systems
  9. spoils the market
  10. spoils the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
  11. spoilsman

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