A Southern US dialectal form of wrestle, used both literally for physical wrestling and figuratively for struggling with a difficult task or problem. With up it means to gather or scrape together with effort, as in wrassle up some grub. Carries a rustic, informal flavour and is associated with Appalachian and Southern American speech.
They managed to wrassle up enough firewood to last through the night.
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(Southern US, with "up") To gather with effort.
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