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Collocations for scrub - noun

1. small trees growing in a dry area

ADJ.

desert
miles of desert scrub
low
The vegetation consisted of low scrub.

QUANT.

patch
The horses stood near a patch of scrub.

VERB + SCRUB

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

2. cleaning

ADJ.

good
I gave the table a good scrub.

VERB + SCRUB

give sb/sth

Collocations for scrub - verb

ADV.

thoroughly | away, down, out

PREP.

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

PHRASES

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

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