scrounge around

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.

scrounge around

Forage about in an effort to obtain something at no cost, as in We scrounged around their kitchen looking for a snack. It derives from the dialectal scrunge, "steal." [Colloquial; c. 1900]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Viviette	-	English (Rare)
Amias	-	English (Rare)
Naenia	-	Roman Mythology
Wim	VIM (Dutch), WIM (Dutch)	Dutch, German
Anastasio	ah-nahs-TAH-zyo (Italian), ah-nahs-TAH-syo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
AleĈJo	ah-LE-chyo	Esperanto