scrounge around

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

“It was absolutely horrendous. We were really struggling, having to scrounge around for masks and gloves,“ says Mandi Masters, a community midwife from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

From BBC

“It was absolutely horrendous. We were really struggling, having to scrounge around for masks and gloves,“ says Mandi Masters, a community midwife from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

From BBC

Scrounge around their injured list, pick up Gavin Lux.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, maybe I’ll hit the Tompkins Square Greenmarket and scrounge around for things I need to get for Ethel.

From New York Times

A year ago, I was able to get a year-old iPad Pro for hundreds of dollars off its launch price at Best Buy; when I was looking for a similar deal this summer, the big box stores came up empty, and I had to scrounge around eBay until I could find something for a price I was willing to pay.

From The Verge

Related Words

• laze
• loiter
• mosey
• procrastinate
• saunter