cadge
verb (used with object)
to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship.
cadged
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past participleof cadge.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cadge.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cadgeverb (used with object)to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship.
Example Sentences
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Instead she took a too-expensive Motel 6 room, then couch-surfed, cadged a shared hotel room with a colleague and slept some nights in the airport — which isn’t allowed, she said, but “I chanced it.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
But even those bits are little more than cliches cadged straight from the Carrie Fisher handbook.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2020
His mother had died when he was 10, leaving him with his father, who cadged work as a mechanic.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
I remember sitting in a cafe one Sunday in my second year, having cadged two hours to study while Jon took the baby alone.
From BBC ● May 15, 2019
With an additional $500 cadged from the National Research Council, Lawrence ordered a custom magnet with nine-inch pole faces from the Federal Telegraph Company.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
