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scrounging out

scrounging out is the present participle and gerund 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 scrounging out

What is scrounging out the present participle and gerund of?
Scrounging out is the present participle and gerund of scrounge out.

Words near scrounging out in the dictionary

  1. scroungier
  2. scroungiest
  3. scrounginess
  4. scrounging
  5. scrounging down
  6. scrounging out
  7. scrounging up
  8. scroungings
  9. scroungy
  10. scrow
  11. scrowdge

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