"scrounge up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: scrounges up [present, singular, third-person], scrounging up [participle, present], scrounged up [participle, past], scrounged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scrounge up (third-person singular simple present scrounges up, present participle scrounging up, simple past and past participle scrounged up)
  1. (transitive, informal) To seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to find despite a lack of availability): auftreiben (German)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, informal) To seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability."
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