rustle up
phrasal verb
rustled up; rustling up; rustles up
informal
1
: to prepare (food, a meal, etc.) quickly
He rustled up a full meal in no time.
2
: to find or get (something)
I'll see if I can rustle some information up for you.
Examples of rustle up in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In an attempt to rustle up another vowel, GUARD only cut my solutions down to five and gave me no new boxes at all.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
The board usually has trouble rustling up interest among neighbors, President Erik Hagen told the Idaho Statesman, and has for years been trying to fill vacant seats.
—Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2025
As corporations begin rowing back their sustainability targets because of economic uncertainty and the mainstream intrusion of right-leaning politics, other firms are struggling to rustle up funding and nail down the commitments that can change the status quo.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2025
Boxer and his team rustle up ingredients from the verdant surrounding area in a veg-forward menu.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
Details are scarce, but the powerhouse cast and A24 backing mean this one will have little trouble rustling up pre-sales.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Hit with an ultimatum to find a £250,000 bond in two days or be booted out of the Conference League, the club’s then-owners could rustle up £150,000 but no more.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Costner's Dutton, who appears in earlier footage, is prominently featured in the new trailer to rustle up viewers for its Paramount Network return on Nov. 10 (8 EST/PST).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
But by the eighteen-forties, when a German immigrant to America named Joseph Faber devised a non-fraudulent and actually rather ingenious speaking machine, not even P. T. Barnum, who dubbed it the Euphonia, could rustle up much interest.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
The board usually has trouble rustling up interest among neighbors, President Erik Hagen told the Idaho Statesman, and has for years been trying to fill vacant seats.
—Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2025
As corporations begin rowing back their sustainability targets because of economic uncertainty and the mainstream intrusion of right-leaning politics, other firms are struggling to rustle up funding and nail down the commitments that can change the status quo.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2025
Boxer and his team rustle up ingredients from the verdant surrounding area in a veg-forward menu.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
Details are scarce, but the powerhouse cast and A24 backing mean this one will have little trouble rustling up pre-sales.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Hit with an ultimatum to find a £250,000 bond in two days or be booted out of the Conference League, the club’s then-owners could rustle up £150,000 but no more.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Costner's Dutton, who appears in earlier footage, is prominently featured in the new trailer to rustle up viewers for its Paramount Network return on Nov. 10 (8 EST/PST).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
But by the eighteen-forties, when a German immigrant to America named Joseph Faber devised a non-fraudulent and actually rather ingenious speaking machine, not even P. T. Barnum, who dubbed it the Euphonia, could rustle up much interest.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Rustle up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rustle%20up. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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