"grub along" meaning in All languages combined

See grub along on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: grubs along [present, singular, third-person], grubbing along [participle, present], grubbed along [participle, past], grubbed along [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} grub along (third-person singular simple present grubs along, present participle grubbing along, simple past and past participle grubbed along)
  1. (slang, intransitive, dated) To survive; to barely subsist. Tags: dated, intransitive, slang

Inflected forms

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