rot away

English

Verb

rot away (third-person singular simple present rots away, present participle rotting away, simple past and past participle rotted away)

1. To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.
   • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     “I thought you were rotting away in prison,” she purred.