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scrounge up

scrounge up verb: to seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability.

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability.
    • Let me look around and see if I can scrounge up any old blankets for you to take to your picnic.

Forms of scrounge up

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

Questions about scrounge up

What does scrounge up mean?
Scrounge up means to seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability.
What part of speech is scrounge up?
Scrounge up is a verb.
What is the past tense of scrounge up?
The past tense of scrounge up is scrounged up.

Words near scrounge up in the dictionary

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

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