Definition of mooch off

mooch off

verb - ambitransitive

• to request and then take things without ever returning the favor.

  She's been mooching cigarettes off me for years. She's such a mooch.

  Stop mooching off of me!

                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Chapter 11", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2011. Submitted by Courtney H. from Damascus, MD, USA on Jan 20 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'mooch':
mooch	Definitions include: a person who requests and then takes things without ever returning the favor.
Other terms relating to 'off':
all bets are off	Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not.
back off	Definitions include: large buttocks.
back up off	Definitions include: to move away from.
beat off	Definitions include: to masturbate.
beg off	Definitions include: to get out of a prior obligation by asking.
bite off more than (one) can chew	Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master.
bite (one's) head off	Definitions include: to reprimand.
blow off	Definitions include: to ignore another person(s) in a rude manner.
blow off some steam	Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger.
blow off steam	Definitions include: to do something to get rid of negative emotions.
boink off the reservation	Definitions include: to cheat on one's spouse.
bore the pants off	Definitions include: to bore one.
bounce ideas off of	Definitions include: to suggest ideas to another person to get feedback.
brassed off	Definitions include: annoyed, very cross.
break it off	Definitions include: to end a relationship.
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