cadge from

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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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also:
  • cadge something from someone
  • cadge (something) from (someone)
  • cadge (something) off (someone)
  • cadge something off someone
  • cadge
  • do someone or something justice
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • run someone out of town
  • save someone's skin
References in periodicals archive
Then they pull one out of the collective hat like "Evening of the Day," its opening lines a straight cadge from Jagger and Richards' "As Time Goes By" and the chorus a nod to St.
The arrangements are straight out of Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, and Burt Bacharach--they even cadge from The Prefab Four's theme song!