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
Jerred	JER-əd	English (Rare)
Eadburga	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Ishmerai	-	Biblical
Pippa	PIP-ə	English
'Esaw	-	Biblical Hebrew
Nurullah	-	Arabic, Turkish