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scrounged out

scrounged out is the simple past and past participle of scrounge out.

Meaning of scrounge out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To scrounge (something of minimal value); to barely survive or succeed.
    • Despite our hangover and lack of supplies, we scrounged out a breakfast.

Questions about scrounged out

What is scrounged out the simple past and past participle of?
Scrounged out is the simple past and past participle of scrounge out.

Words near scrounged out in the dictionary

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

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