cadge (something) from (someone)

cadge (something) from (someone)

slang To borrow something from someone. I need to cadge your textbook from you before the big test.

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cadge something from someone

 and cadge something off someone

Sl. to beg or borrow something from someone. Go cadge some sugar from the lady next door. I cadged this jacket off a friendly guy I met.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

cadge something from someone

and cadge something off someone

tv. to beg or borrow something from someone. I cadged this jacket off a friendly guy I met. He tried to cadge a ten-spot from me.

See also: cadge, someone, something

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