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Scramble

/skrˈæmbəl/
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(verb) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.

The scramble for Africa was the last wave of colonialism.
We had to scramble.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The children began to ____ up the rocky hillside, eager to reach the summit.

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