scrounge around
US informal — phrasal verb with scrounge /skraʊndʒ/ verb [I or T] informalDefinition
› to look in different places or in a particular place where you might find something that you need: She scrounged around in the tool box for a tack or nail to hang the notice up with.Searching
(Definition of scrounge around from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber noun
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- dig verb (SEARCH)
- divine verb (SEARCH)
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- turn sth upside down idiom
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