rot away en · VERB
Meanings
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To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.
“I thought you were rotting away in prison,” she purred.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rotting away | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rots away | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rotted away | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rotted away | Tense=Past | lexicographic |