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rustle up

British  

verb

  1. to prepare (a meal, snack, etc) rapidly, esp at short notice

  2. to forage for and obtain

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rustle up Idioms  

  1. Get together food or some other needed item with some effort, as in I don't know what we have but I'll rustle up a meal somehow, or You boys need to rustle up some wood for a campfire. The verb rustle here means “to assemble in a hurry.” [Late 1800s]

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Rustle up as many of the boys as you can.

From Mavericks by Raine, William MacLeod

"Rustle up the grog, call McGuffey up out of the engine room, and we'll hold the meetin'."

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon

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