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spoilt someone rotten

spoilt 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 spoilt someone rotten

What is spoilt someone rotten the simple past and past participle of?
Spoilt someone rotten is the simple past and past participle of spoil someone rotten.

Words near spoilt someone rotten in the dictionary

  1. spoilsportism
  2. spoilsports
  3. spoilt
  4. spoilt for choice
  5. spoilt somebody rotten
  6. spoilt someone rotten
  7. spoilt the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
  8. Spok
  9. Spokan
  10. Spokane
  11. Spokane County

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