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rustle up

1. Of food, to prepare quickly or with minimal effort. I was going to rustle up some lunch—would you like me to fix you anything?
2. To gather or collect. See if you can rustle up enough people to play a game of basketball.
See also: rustle, up

rustle up some grub

informal To prepare some food, especially quickly or with minimal effort. I was going to rustle up some grub—would you like me to fix you anything? I'm totally starving. Mind if I rustle up some grub real quick?
See also: grub, rustle, up

rustle up something to eat

informal To prepare some food, especially quickly or with minimal effort. I was going to rustle up something to eat—would you like me to fix you anything? A: "I wasn't able to go grocery shopping." B: "That's OK, I'll use whatever's in the fridge to rustle us up something to eat."
See also: eat, rustle, something, to, up
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rustle something up

Rur. to manage to prepare a meal, perhaps on short notice. I think I can rustle something up for dinner. Please rustle up something to eat.
See also: rustle, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

rustle up

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]
See also: rustle, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

rustle up

v.
To gather something or some people together, especially energetically or quickly: Go rustle up the kids and let's go for a drive. I went to the kitchen to rustle some dinner up.
See also: rustle, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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