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verb

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

26%8Bum
noun

• the side of an object that is opposite its front

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

26%3Bum
verb

• call upon in supplication; entreat

• make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

• ask to obtain free

• dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

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