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grubs along

grubs along is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 grubs along

What is grubs along the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Grubs along is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grub along.

Words near grubs along in the dictionary

  1. grubling
  2. grublings
  3. Grubmeyer
  4. grubroot
  5. grubs
  6. grubs along
  7. grubs out
  8. grubs up
  9. grubstake
  10. grubstaked
  11. grubstaker

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