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scrounge someone or something up
Fig. to find someone or something somewhere; to dig someone or something up. I can't think of anyone just now, but I will scrounge someone up. They scrounged up an escort for Liz. See also: up scrounge around (for someone or something) Fig. to look around all over for someone or something. I scrounged around for Jamie, but she was nowhere to be found. I will try to scrounge around for a replacement part that will do the job. See also: around Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Right are always banging on about welfare scroungers (invariably meaning the poor and vulnerable) while conveniently and hypocritically ignoring the real scrounging that goes on in higher echelons of society. Investigators discovered Donald McCaughey had placed pounds 190,000 in bets with one bookie alone, despite scrounging by claiming Income Support and Housing Benefit. Why don't you sort if out for yourself rather than scrounging off the taxpayers? |
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