spoil for

1. Be eager for, as in He's just spoiling for a fight. This idiom nearly always refers to some kind of altercation. It may allude to spoil in the sense of “deteriorate over a period of time.” [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Now higher in rank and decorated for his work apprehending members of the French 75, Lockjaw is invited to join a powerful white supremacist group with a hilariously preposterous name that I shan’t spoil for you.

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As Toby chops and stirs and practices family stories about sandwiches in endless prep for his “Champion Chef” audition tape, Kayla worries about an old wound that I won’t spoil for you here, and Evelyn desperately tries to keep her family together.

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House of Representatives will reconvene in an atmosphere of political uncertainty on Monday, as Republican hardline conservatives clash with Speaker Kevin McCarthy and spoil for a new fight over federal government spending.

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I still enjoy stories I spoil for myself.

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But I think generally people buy into the idea that this is something that they do not want to spoil for the audience.

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