scrounge up

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

Example Sentences

Essentially, the plan revolved around the hope that Mamdani’s young supporters wouldn’t come out again to support him in November, at least not to the degree they had in the Democratic primary, and that the anti-Mamdani resistance could scrounge up about half a million voters who don’t normally vote in mayoral elections to support someone else — essentially, anyone else — this fall.

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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.

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Now, if only Clark could scrounge up enough cash to buy season tickets for loved ones.

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Clams can be difficult to find, but an industrious otter can scrounge up dozens of marine snails, then eat them all in one sitting.

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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.

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