scare up

Idioms and Phrases

Also, scrape together or up . Assemble or produce with considerable effort, as in We managed to scare up extra chairs for the unexpectedly large audience , or He managed to scrape together enough cash to buy two more tickets . The first term alludes to scare in the sense of “flush game out of cover” and dates from the mid-1800s; the variant, alluding to scratching or clawing for something, was first recorded in 1549. Also see scrape up an acquaintance .

Example Sentences

People would use the original social network—friends, family, neighbors—to find out about jobs or scare up business.

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Sadly, the film got lost amid The Social Network hysteria, failing to scare up much of an audience.

From The Daily Beast

"I guess he wants me to scare up a bird for him to chase," thought Ruddy, dog-fashion, of course.

From Project Gutenberg

You'll never get any cigars in the guessing contest unless you can scare up better ones than that.

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You lured the poor lad here, and now he can see where to scare up a suitable engagement for his accomplishments.

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I'll put 'em under the elm you're so stuck on, and I guess we can scare up some books for you to read.

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Next, Jacob selected the best endowed college he could scare up and presented it with a $200,000 laboratory.

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