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scrounged up

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

Meaning of scrounge up

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.

Questions about scrounged up

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

Words near scrounged up in the dictionary

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

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