scrounge up

English

Verb

scrounge up (third-person singular simple present scrounges up, present participle scrounging up, simple past and past participle scrounged up)

1. (transitive, informal) To seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability.

   Let me look around and see if I can scrounge up any old blankets for you to take to your picnic.

Translations

to find despite a lack of availability

• German: auftreiben (de)