sponge on

Idioms  

1. Also, sponge off. Impose on another's hospitality or generosity, as in He's been sponging on relatives for the past year. This expression uses sponge in the sense of “to soak up something.” [Late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Their mouths are “almost like if you had a pool noodle with a sponge on the end,” Andy Gloss, an evolutionary biologist at New York University, said.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022

At Madison’s studio, she found something beautiful to put her sponge on and much more.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

“To me, the sponge on it is just easier to scrub a dirty floor with,” she said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

Hasbro's Pie Face game is built round a simple concept: put whipped cream, shaving foam or a wet sponge on the end of the lever, poke your head through the hole and turn the handles.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2015

She walked over to the stove and ran a sponge on the warm surface, over and over, her back to Odenigbo.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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