scrounge in the PONS Dictionary

scrounge Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to scrounge sth off sb
изпросвам си нщ от нкг
to be on the scrounge
муфтя за нщ

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The park was soon gutted; seats sold for $10 and fans and present and former club employees scrounged for mementos.
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During his travels he would stay over at temples or sleep in the open wilderness, scrounging by as a beggar.
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Mai believes him and scrounges up enough to pay him.
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Sometimes wives will go gardening (scrounging through garbage cans to find food) for themselves and their children.
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The next day we went out on the sidewalk and played, hoping to scrounge up cigarette money.
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He was never allowed to use it when other prisoners were there but did scrounge the toilet bin for discarded clothing as his own clothing was worn out.
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Sometimes wives will go gardening, scrounging through garbage cans to provide food for their children and themselves.
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When his wages were spent, he borrowed and scrounged for money.
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He often lost the little freelance work he was able to scrounge up due to his unwillingness to compromise with the clients.
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For many months they found themselves scrounging money off the floor.
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