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Find or round up something, as in I'll have to scrounge up another microphone for today's speaker . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900]

I was able to scrounge up $9,000 and then put in $9,000 of my own, so I was in for $18,000.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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