| Bum |
| Beg |
| Mooch |
| Filch |
| Borrow |
| Sponge |
| Scrounge |
| Freeload |
| Sponge on |
| Bum off of |
| Panhandle. |
| Be a beggar |
| Be a sponge |
| Be a moocher |
| Be a parasite |
| Get by begging |
| Put the bite on |
| What spongers do |
| Look for handouts |
| Obtain by begging |
| Act the freeloader |
| Acquire by begging |
| Bum, as a cigarette |
| Do some panhandling |
| Make like a freeloader |
| Pick up like a sponge? |
| Borrow, as a cigarette |
| Impose upon a friend, perhaps |
| Borrow without intending to repay |