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Another word for scramble

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Verb

  1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on all fours

    See also:

    move

  2. To put into total disorder

    Idioms:
    See also:

    order

  3. To mix together so as to change the order of arrangement

    See also:

    order

    change

Noun

  1. A lack of order or regular arrangement

    See also:

    order

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Another word for scramble

Verb

  1. To mix

    See also:

    mix

  2. To climb hastily

    See also:

    climb

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Her first instinct was to scramble to the back of the bus and climb out.

  • In 1880 the influence of the international " scramble for Africa " made itself felt by the establishment under the recognized protection of the French government of two French firms which opened upwards of thirty trading stations on the Lower Niger.

  • She flattened against the rock wall as she heard the horse scramble down into the ravine a little way down from her.

  • It was difficult enough to decide the claims of the states in the scramble for territory.

  • You'd better scramble and get a chair even if it means elbowing little Timmy out of the way.

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