"rub along" meaning in All languages combined

See rub along on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: rubs along [present, singular, third-person], rubbing along [participle, present], rubbed along [participle, past], rubbed along [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rub along (third-person singular simple present rubs along, present participle rubbing along, simple past and past participle rubbed along)
  1. To go on with difficulty. Synonyms: rub on
    Sense id: en-rub_along-en-verb-msAI2bB0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (along)

Download JSON data for rub along meaning in All languages combined (1.0kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rubs along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rubbing along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rubbed along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rubbed along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rub along (third-person singular simple present rubs along, present participle rubbing along, simple past and past participle rubbed along)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (along)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They manage, with strict economy, to rub along.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go on with difficulty."
      ],
      "id": "en-rub_along-en-verb-msAI2bB0",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rub on"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rub along"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rubs along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rubbing along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rubbed along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rubbed along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rub along (third-person singular simple present rubs along, present participle rubbing along, simple past and past participle rubbed along)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (along)",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They manage, with strict economy, to rub along.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go on with difficulty."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rub on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rub along"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.