"spoil someone rotten" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: spoils someone rotten [present, singular, third-person], spoiling someone rotten [participle, present], spoiled someone rotten [participle, past], spoiled someone rotten [past], spoilt someone rotten [participle, past], spoilt someone rotten [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=spoilt someone rotten}} spoil someone rotten (third-person singular simple present spoils someone rotten, present participle spoiling someone rotten, simple past and past participle spoiled someone rotten or spoilt someone rotten)
  1. (idiomatic) To overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: spoil somebody rotten Translations (to overindulge someone): tener en palmitas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spoil_someone_rotten-en-verb-2gQe-rpZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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