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grade grubbing

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 2

adjective1

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(slang, disapproving) Engaging in grade grubbing.
- Today's students are often painted with the generational brush of being grade-grubbing snowflakes, a prejudice accelerated by the 2014 publication of William Deresiewicz's Excellent Sheep. — 2022

noun1

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(slang, disapproving) The practice of a student (especially one in college) seeking to improve their academic grades through negotiation, flattery, or persistent argumentation without substantive justification.
- My grade grubbing was so intense that my Latin teacher called me the "millimeter bandit." — 2017

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