scrounge someone or something up

scrounge up

To locate someone or something after foraging or searching exhaustively. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scrounge" and "up." Due to new immigration restrictions, the hotel industry along the east coast has been struggling to scrounging up enough workers to handle their busy season. Even though a trip to the grocery store was long overdue, I was able to scrounge enough food up to make a decent dinner. My mother refuses to buy anything new unless she can scrounge up a coupon for it.

scrounge someone or something up

tv. to get someone or something somehow. I scrounged a doctor up in the middle of the night.

See also: scrounge, someone, something, up

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

not do (someone or oneself) any favors
rescue from
rescue from (someone or something)
identify with
attune to
ask back
orient
orient to
orient to (something)
involved with

词组	scrounge someone or something up
释义	scrounge someone or something up scrounge up To locate someone or something after foraging or searching exhaustively. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scrounge" and "up." Due to new immigration restrictions, the hotel industry along the east coast has been struggling to scrounging up enough workers to handle their busy season. Even though a trip to the grocery store was long overdue, I was able to scrounge enough food up to make a decent dinner. My mother refuses to buy anything new unless she can scrounge up a coupon for it. See also: scrounge, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. scrounge someone or something up tv. to get someone or something somehow. I scrounged a doctor up in the middle of the night. See also: scrounge, someone, something, up McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: not do (someone or oneself) any favors rescue from rescue from (someone or something) identify with attune to ask back orient orient to orient to (something) involved with
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