SCRAMBLE


Meaning of SCRAMBLE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ desperate , frantic , mad , undignified ( esp. BrE )

There was a mad ~ for the exits.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

I lost my sister in the ~ for a seat.

▪ ~ down , ~ over , ~ up , etc.

an undignified ~ down the slope

▪ ~ for

a ~ for tickets for the game

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ desperately , frantically , quickly

They ~d frantically over the piles of debris.

▪ around , away , back , off

VERB + SCRAMBLE

▪ manage to

PREPOSITION

▪ down , into , out of , over , through , up , etc.

She managed to ~ over the wall.

He ~d up the stairs.

PHRASES

▪ ~ for cover

We ~d for cover and hid underneath the truck.

▪ ~ to your feet

He ~d awkwardly to his feet.

▪ ~ to safety

Scramble is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ egg , ↑ helicopter , ↑ jet , ↑ signal

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