"mooch off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mooches off [present, singular, third-person], mooching off [participle, present], mooched off [participle, past], mooched off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mooch off (third-person singular simple present mooches off, present participle mooching off, simple past and past participle mooched off)
  1. To obtain (something) by taking advantage of the charity of (someone or something).
    Sense id: en-mooch_off-en-verb-pTY3sOaf
  2. To wander off.
    Sense id: en-mooch_off-en-verb-iGMS7oOW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 11 89

Inflected forms

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