scrounged
past simple and past participle ofscrounge
scrounge
verb[IorT]
informaluk/skraʊndʒ/us/skraʊndʒ/to get things,especiallymoneyorfood, byaskingfor theminsteadofbuyingthem orworkingfor them:
Peter neverbuysanything - he just scrounges (offhisfriends).
get something for free
- get something for freeReaders of her blog get advice for free.
- get something for nothingYou don't get anything for nothing these days.
- freeloadThen he went off to freeload some more drinks.
- bumHe bums the occasional cigarette from his older brother.
- cadgeShe's always cadging drinks from the people she is with.
- scroungeCan I scrounge a lift with you?
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- beseech
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- pretty pleaseidiom
- propitiation
- push
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requisition
Phrasal verb
scrounge around
Examplesofscrounged
scrounged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Scores of family photos in my collection,scroungedfrom friends or discovered at second-hand bookshops over the years, attest to this truth.
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At that time coal-owners "scrounged" around trying to find a pit which was unable to produce its quota.
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They have somehow managed to collect some ancient beds and furniture which they hadscroungedand which had been thrown out from old people's homes, and so forth.
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Hescroungedmaterial and hescroungedinstructors.
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I can well remember going with other boys to what we called the fiery heap, taking with us potatoes that we hadscroungedand roasting them in the hot ashes.
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During this time they alsoscroungedsupplies from local units, including commandeering a jeep, and taking rice and other rations from the countryside.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the season wore on, teams began to fold, and the leaguescroungedaround for replacements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When his wages were spent, he borrowed andscroungedfor money.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The park was soon gutted; seats sold for $10 and fans and present and former club employeesscroungedfor mementos.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moose members cleaned and remodeled the room while the ladies of the lodgescroungedup furniture and curtains from local donations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The zoo was moved to its current location in the sand dunes overlooking the lake, and the zoo board began building new exhibits using onlyscroungedand donated materials.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Radio parts (vacuum tubes and other electrical parts) werescroungedfrom old radio receivers and sound equipment from an old movie projector and other electrical devices.
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- hands-on science
- hands-on work
- hands-on workshop
- handstand
- hand sth around
- hand-sth-around
- hand sth back
- hand-sth-back
- hand sth down
- hand-sth-down
- hand sth in
- hand-sth-in
- hand sth on
- hand sth out
- hand-sth-out
- hand sth over
- hand-sth-over
- hand sth round
- hand-sth-round
- hand sth/sb over
- hand-sth-sb-over
- handsy
- hand-that-rocks-the-cradle-rules-the-world
- hand to hand
- hand-to-hand