freeload
/free-lohd, -lohd/US // ˈfriˈloʊd, -ˌloʊd //UK // (ˈfriːˌləʊd) //
自由职业者,自由放任,免费提供,自由放纵
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Definitions
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
Informal.
- : to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to get by freeloading: He freeloaded several meals a week.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbtake advantage
Forms: freeloading
Examples
The implication is that the benefit has allowed those who worked in restaurants before the pandemic and were thrown out of work to basically freeload on federal assistance even though businesses are reopening across the country.
Hordes of relatives and political favor seekers were in mortal peril if they arrived to freeload after dark.
He found himself breathing heavily, despite the freeload conditions.
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