cadged
past simple and past participle ofcadge
cadge
verb[T]
informaloftendisapprovinguk/kædʒ/us/kædʒ/to (tryto) get something from someoneelsewithoutpayingfor it:
He's always cadgingfreemealsandfreetripsfrom/offhisclients.
Can I cadge alifthome?
get something for free
- get something for freeReaders of her blog get advice for free.
- get something for nothingYou don't get anything for nothing these days.
- freeloadThen he went off to freeload some more drinks.
- bumHe bums the occasional cigarette from his older brother.
- cadgeShe's always cadging drinks from the people she is with.
- scroungeCan I scrounge a lift with you?
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- beseech
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- pretty pleaseidiom
- propitiation
- push
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requisition
Examplesofcadged
cadged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He was his own man; he nevercadgeda vote.
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Itcadged£35,000 worth of obsolete equipment which could be used for its purposes.
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They promised £15 worth of prizes, but they evencadgedthe prizes from the local shopkeepers, with the result that they put nothing into the pool and took £105 out of it.
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After graduation, hecadgeda ride in an airplane in 1912.
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