sponging

Meaning

1. To take advantage of the kindness of others.
2. To get by imposition; to scrounge.
3. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
5. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
7. The application of a sponge.

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data