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scrounge up
Idioms and Phrases
Find or round up something, as in I'll have to scrounge up another microphone for today's speaker . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900]Example Sentences
And there were many, many days when, as the magic hour of 8 a.m. neared, I truly believed that if I had to confront one more series of snarls, scrounge up one more hair elastic or hear one more complaint about me brushing too hard or “that doesn’t look right,” I would lose the trembling remnants of my mind.
Now, if only Clark could scrounge up enough cash to buy season tickets for loved ones.
Clams can be difficult to find, but an industrious otter can scrounge up dozens of marine snails, then eat them all in one sitting.
By now most restaurants have closed, and the only dinner the girlfriend can scrounge up is a bowl of rice and mayo; she eats it in seething silence, almost as if she’s mad at him.
But the fact that during the first days of his first criminal trial, Trump can't scrounge up one person from his rather large family to stand by his side?
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