See rot away on Wiktionary
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"form": "rots away",
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"form": "rotting away",
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"ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "“I thought you were rotting away in prison,” she purred.",
"type": "quote"
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"glosses": [
"To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner."
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"word": "rot away"
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