"rustle up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rustle up.ogg [Australia] Forms: rustles up [present, singular, third-person], rustling up [participle, present], rustled up [participle, past], rustled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rustle up (third-person singular simple present rustles up, present participle rustling up, simple past and past participle rustled up)
  1. (idiomatic) To forage for, or (figuratively) to quickly prepare, something. Tags: idiomatic Translations (quickly prepare): in elkaar flansen (Dutch), préparer vite fait (French)
    Sense id: en-rustle_up-en-verb-l5COJa8G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

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