rot away

verb

To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.

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Meanings

verbrot away (third-person singular simple present rots away, present participle rotting away, simple past and past participle rotted away)

present singular third person rots away · participle present rotting away · participle past rotted away · past rotted away

  1. To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.

    “I thought you were rotting away in prison,” she purred.

    2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
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APA

rot away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rot%20away

MLA

“rot away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rot%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rot away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rot%20away.

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