hustle up

phrasal verb

hustled up; hustling up; hustles up
US, informal
: to quickly get or find (something)
I'll try to hustle up some tickets to tonight's game.
Let's see if we can hustle up some lunch.

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Outside of the apparel supply chain, Apple is hustling up to get out in front of the tariffs, having already shipped five planes of iPhones and other goods from India to the U.S. in late March. — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025 Eventually, the nominees were hustled up a staircase into the Death Star-resembling David Geffen Theatre. — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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