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grubbing along

grubbing along is the present participle and gerund of grub along.

Meaning of grub along

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.

Questions about grubbing along

What is grubbing along the present participle and gerund of?
Grubbing along is the present participle and gerund of grub along.

Words near grubbing along in the dictionary

  1. grubbiest
  2. grubbily
  3. grubbiness
  4. grubbinesses
  5. grubbing
  6. grubbing along
  7. grubbing hoe
  8. grubbing hoes
  9. grubbing ken
  10. grubbing kens
  11. grubbing out

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