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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
To be available or unused.
There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(archaic) To be unemployed.
The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, informal) To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare.
When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.
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