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rustle 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.

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rustle up something

also rustle something up

to make or get something quickly Instead of eating out, she rustled up a romantic little dinner. They want $100 by tomorrow, and I can't rustle that amount up so quickly.

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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]

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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.

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