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grub along

grub along verb: to survive; to barely subsist.

Verb

grub along (third-person singular simple present grubs along, present participle grubbing along, simple past and past participle grubbed along)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To survive; to barely subsist.
    • He grubbed along on foraged berries and nuts.

Forms of grub along

third-person singular presentgrubs along
present participlegrubbing along
past participlegrubbed along
pastgrubbed along

Questions about grub along

What does grub along mean?
Grub along means to survive; to barely subsist.
What part of speech is grub along?
Grub along is a verb.
What is the past tense of grub along?
The past tense of grub along is grubbed along.

Words near grub along in the dictionary

  1. GRSMs
  2. grt
  3. GRU
  4. Grua
  5. grub
  6. grub along
  7. grub and bub
  8. grub hoe
  9. grub hoes
  10. grub hut
  11. grub out

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