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scrounge down

scrounge down verb: to eat (something) heartily; to eat (all of something).

Verb

scrounge down (third-person singular simple present scrounges down, present participle scrounging down, simple past and past participle scrounged down)

  1. (informal, transitive) To eat (something) heartily; to eat (all of something).
  2. Synonym of crouch.
    Synonyms:
    crouch

Synonyms of scrounge down

Forms of scrounge down

third-person singular presentscrounges down
present participlescrounging down
past participlescrounged down
pastscrounged down

Questions about scrounge down

What does scrounge down mean?
Scrounge down means to eat (something) heartily; to eat (all of something).
What part of speech is scrounge down?
Scrounge down is a verb.
What is the past tense of scrounge down?
The past tense of scrounge down is scrounged down.

Words near scrounge down in the dictionary

  1. scrouges
  2. scrouging
  3. scround
  4. scrounds
  5. scrounge
  6. scrounge down
  7. scrounge out
  8. scrounge up
  9. scrounged
  10. scrounged down
  11. scrounged out

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