spoil someone rotten

English

Alternative forms

• spoil somebody rotten

Verb

spoil someone rotten (third-person singular simple present spoils someone rotten, present participle spoiling someone rotten, simple past and past participle spoiled someone rotten or spoilt someone rotten)

1. (idiomatic) To overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding.
   • 2013, Jack Camarda, Corruptus Politicus, →ISBN:

     Naylonfred had spoiled them rotten, making them selfish and demanding.

   • 2015, Vernal Lind, Beyond Tomorrow, →ISBN:

     She spoiled him rotten and introduced him to a life that wasn't really good for him.

Translations

to overindulge someone

• Spanish: tener en palmitas