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on the scrounge

on the scrounge prepositional phrase: engaged in scrounging.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Engaged in scrounging.
    • "On the scrounge, are you?" said Gobling. "Shouldn't think you've ever done a day's work in your life."1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 94

Questions about on the scrounge

What does on the scrounge mean?
On the scrounge means engaged in scrounging.
What part of speech is on the scrounge?
On the scrounge is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the scrounge in the dictionary

  1. on the same page
  2. on the same wavelength
  3. on the sauce
  4. on the scene
  5. on the scoot
  6. on the scrounge
  7. on the shady side of
  8. on the shelf
  9. on the sick
  10. on the side
  11. on the side of the angels

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