meaning of "scramble fast"

[Attila]

Hi All,

Is the below sentence OK or should I leave out the word fast because scramble means to do something very fast?

I had to scramble fast to get a laptop working for him at all before his trip.

[Alan]

Hi,

Perhaps if you wanted to emphasise the speed at which you did it, you could simply say'very' fast.

Alan
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