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Collocations for scrub - noun

1. small trees growing in a dry area

ADJECTIVE

desert
miles of desert scrub
low
The vegetation consisted of low scrub.
dense, thick

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… OF SCRUB

patch
The horses stood near a patch of scrub.

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VERB + scrub

be covered in, be overgrown with
The mountain was covered in scrub.

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2. cleaning

ADJECTIVE

good
I gave the table a good scrub.

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VERB + scrub

give sb/sth

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scrub + NOUN

brush (AmE) (scrubbing brush in BrE)

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Collocations for scrub - verb

ADVERB

furiously, vigorously
thoroughly
away, down, out
Josh was scrubbing out the fish tank.

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PREPOSITION

at
She scrubbed at the child's face with a tissue.
from, off
He scrubbed the blood from his shoes.

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PHRASES

freshly scrubbed
his freshly scrubbed face
scrub sth clean
The table had been scrubbed clean.

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Scrub is used with these nouns as the object:
bathroom, floor

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