to quickly produce something such as a meal using whatever is available
"I suggested Lucy take him down by the riverbed in hopes he can rustle up something for dinner that isn't one of my prize-winning koi.
If I recommend you and if you can rustle up a cheque for three months" rent in advance I'm pretty certain I can fix it for you.
I’ll see if I can rustle up some lunch.
`I can rustle up a pretty decent Chinese meal, you know,' he said.
`I'll see if I can get that old buzzard downstairs to rustle up some black coffee.
rustles up
rustling up
rustled up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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