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

The cytosponge or "sponge on a string" will be offered to some patients as an alternative to an endoscopy.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2021

Back in his holding room, and out of sight of Nixon, Kennedy had his media guy, Bill Wilson, sponge on the powder.

From MSNBC • Sep. 16, 2015

But Johnny decided to sponge on neither—not until he had a job, and something a lot better than delivering papers for Uncle Lome.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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