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bumming

ADJECTIVE
freeloading
Synonyms


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We had this life that was mainly just bumming around on your bike and drinking coffee.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023

Summing up his life in the mid-1980s, he wrote, “I was still bumming a ride on my Academy nomination.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

By the time the clock hit zeros, the Steelers were bumming and the Chiefs were celebrating.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

The NFL has squeezed its overtime period from 15 minutes to 10, bumming out some.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021

I thought maybe I might stop in a phone booth and give old Jane Gallagher a buzz before I started bumming my way west, but I wasn't in the mood.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger


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