Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated, idiomatic, slang)To survive; to barely subsist.

    He grubbed along on foraged berries and nuts.

Forms

grubs along, grubbing along, grubbed along, grubbed along
Base formgrub along · to grub along
3rd person singulargrubs along
Present participlegrubbing along
Past simplegrubbed along
Past participlegrubbed along

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygrub along
he, she, itgrubs along

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrubbed along

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grubbed along
he, she, ithas grubbed along

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill grub along

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
growthB1grrgrubgrubbygrudge
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