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scrounge - use in sentences
Object
- lift: Having managed to scrounge a lift off Dan from Xms3, who are also on the bill tonight, I was somewhat early.
- money: We went for lunch in town ( had managed to scrounge some money from Steve during the morning!
- food: She has come down from up the road to the Silver Lounge to scrounge food from the old boys.
- cigarette: Of course even the best mates won't let you scrounge cigarettes for long for free.
- cup: However, I was able to scrounge cups of ( real!
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: It was nice not having to scrounge around for food.
- off: I have been forced to scrounge off my 76-year-old mother who is on state benefits.
- up: He later switched to private practice, handling drug cases and whatever else he could scrounge up.
Particle object: off_obj
- state: It's so nebulous a way of making money that it may as well be scrounging off the state.
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