scrounge (around )
scrounge around (for someone or something)
To search all around trying to locate someone or something suited to one's purpose. Stranded in the mountains until a search team came for us, we were forced to scrounge around for anything we could eat. Due to new immigration restrictions, the hotel industry along the east coast has been scrounging around for enough workers to handle their busy season. Our magazine scrounges around for the very best deals on state-of-the-art electronics and appliances.
See also: around, scrounge, someone
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scrounge (around )
verbSee scrounge (around for someone or something)
See also: scrounge
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- scrounge (around for someone or something)
- scrounge around
- scrounge around (for someone or something)
- go out in search of
- go out in search of (someone or something)
- in search of
- in search of (someone or something)
- quod Google
- google, to