hog

verb

Meaning

To take or keep more than one's fair share of something, preventing others from using or enjoying it.

Examples

Please don't hog the bathroom for an hour when others need to get ready for work.
He tends to hog the conversation, rarely letting anyone else get a word in edgewise.

Synonyms: take, monopolize, appropriate

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hog

verb

Pronunciation: /hɒɡ/

Definition

To take or keep more than one's fair share of something, preventing others from using or enjoying it.

Examples

Please don't hog the bathroom for an hour when others need to get ready for work.
He tends to hog the conversation, rarely letting anyone else get a word in edgewise.

How to Use hog

hog the [noun] (collocation): To take all of a specific resource. — "Stop hogging the remote control."
hog [something] to oneself (idiom): To keep something entirely for one's own use. — "She hogged the best seat in the room to herself."

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