to grub

Examples

• All

• You get us a nice, fat snake, I'd grub on that.

  The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

• If your life ambition is to grub for money, the 475:1 ratio makes for a useful career inspiration.

  Blog text (32)

• I asked to grub one.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Like not just money grubbing, trying to RIP people off.

  Evan Carmichael

• Do you say, oh, I'm going to post mates chilies or like I grub hubbed Red Lobster?

• I'm sure we grub hard enough to earn it," cried Jo, examining the heels of her boots in a gentlemanly manner.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Often, he would grub for scraps of food in the trash bins behind restaurants.

• As a child, she learned to grub for money by selling lemonade at her neighborhood stand.

Synonyms

B

to bum

vsto grub

• Informal

21 7.5

To get something free by asking someone

is more about parasitic taking rather than casual free requests

M

to mooch

vsto grub

• Informal

13 8.5

To ask others for food, money, or help and not pay for it

has identical meaning according to the given description

C

to cadge

vsto grub

• Informal

2 9.8

To ask someone for something and get it without paying

is similar but the key stresses parasitic taking rather than persuasion

S

to sponge

vsto grub

• Informal

2 7.9

To get money, food, or help from others while giving nothing back

can mean taking without paying but not always continual living at expense

Antonyms

P

to pay

∞ 1.0

To give money for something you buy or owe

C

to contribute

846 2.7

To give money, help, or ideas to make something work

Phrasal Verbs

G

to grub out

• UK

1 6.9

To dig up roots or stumps from the ground

G

to grub up

• UK

1 7.7

To dig up and remove plants or roots from the ground

Compounds

G

Grub Street

• Offensive

1 9.9

Writers who make low-quality books or poems to earn money rather than for art

How Dependent

to freeload

• Informal

9 7.5

to grub

• UK

13 8.5

to scrounge

• Informal

5 7.0

to beg

36 1.0

to ask

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology