scrounge
Collocations
4ADJ.
medical
VERB + SCROUNGE
having, supplies
SCROUNGE + NOUN
fag, food, money
PREP.
about, up
Definitions
verb
To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
scrounge for food
Now you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal.
To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
As long as he's got someone who'll let him scrounge off them, he'll never settle down and get a full-time job.
noun
Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
An act of scrounging; a trip taken for the purpose of scrounging.
"Still, it's not much good sending you two off on a medical supplies scrounge. What about food and general stores? Suit you?"
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6scrounge for food
WiktionaryNow you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal.
WiktionaryLaura snatches coins from inside a truck to make a telephone call, scrounges shoes and clothes for them at a municipal beach, schemes to get a room key so she and Howie can sleep overnight in the Star
Wiktionary"Still, it's not much good sending you two off on a medical supplies scrounge. What about food and general stores? Suit you?"
WiktionaryCan I scrounge a fag?
Tatoeba · #1358151I'll have to scrounge up another couple of dollars.
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