mooch off (of) (someone or something)



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mooch off (of) (someone or something)

To ask for or obtain (something) through the charity of someone or something; to sponge off someone or something else. My brother has been mooching off me and my wife ever since he lost his job. You can't expect to get very far in life just by mooching off of the success of other people.
See also: mooch, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alf (1)-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
StirlingSTUR-lingEnglish (Rare)
Hilditrut-Ancient Germanic
Palle-Danish
Korneliakawr-NE-lee-ah (German), kawr-NEL-yah (Polish)German, Polish
Uthyr-Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance