rummage out
rummage up
(tr) to find by searching vigorously; turn out
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How to use rummage out in a sentence
How different from the mothers that other heroines contrive to rummage out in northern turrets and ruined chapels!
The Heroine | Eaton Stannard BarrettIt took some time to rummage out the muff, for Nursey had tucked it far back on the shelf behind other things.
Nine Little Goslings | Susan CoolidgeIt can't possibly take me very long to go down and rummage out something for your comfort.
Darkness and Dawn | George Allan EnglandCalkerlate Ill take a look through his pockets, he said; might rummage out something worth havin.
The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune | Wilbur LawtonLet the nonsenseorship invade the secret closets of our personality and rummage out our most cherished suppressed desires.
Nonsenseorship | G. G. Putnam and Others
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