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Idiom

spoil somebody rotten

Meaning

Alternative form of spoil someone rotten.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The grandparents love to spoil their grandchildren rotten.”

“Since it is her birthday, her parents decided to spoil her rotten with gifts and a big party.”

“Despite his strict upbringing, he chose to spoil his own children rotten, showering them with every luxury he lacked in his youth.”

Examples

simple

“The grandparents love to spoil their grandchildren rotten.”

contextual

“Since it is her birthday, her parents decided to spoil her rotten with gifts and a big party.”

complex

“Despite his strict upbringing, he chose to spoil his own children rotten, showering them with every luxury he lacked in his youth.”

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