scramble for something

Everyone scrambled for cover, moving to one side or the other.

People scrambled for their lives, but they didn't know where to go.

Other parents scrambled for a place to leave their children during work.

If he put them in a box, they scrambled around for a few days and then died.

He scrambled again for the window, and this time made it.

Both men scrambled for it, but the student got there first.

"You mean like taking off and scrambling for your life?"

It could also mean history and cultural groups will still need to scramble for money.

Too often, he said, that is when most people begin to scramble for help.

But many other companies are scrambling for part of the $260 billion business that is American public education.