scare up
verb
scared up; scaring up; scares up
: to find or get together with considerable labor or difficulty : scrape up
managed to scare up the money
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I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them.
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As Manfred sees it, carving out a few new national packages should scare up interest from the sort of deep-pocketed streaming goliaths that’ve enriched the NFL and NBA in recent years.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Somebody scare up any two men in Minnesota who can beat that.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Den of Thieves sequel steals the top spot from Mufasa at the weekend box office
Not even Wolf Man, Blumhouse and Universal's next reimagining of a classic-era monster after 2020's Invisible Man, could scare up a decent weekend return.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Over the course of 10 wild and woolly national TV dates, Campbell’s charges scared up 22.6 million viewers per game, edging the perennial ratings champs in Dallas by some 175,000 impressions.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Somebody scare up any two men in Minnesota who can beat that.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Den of Thieves sequel steals the top spot from Mufasa at the weekend box office
Not even Wolf Man, Blumhouse and Universal's next reimagining of a classic-era monster after 2020's Invisible Man, could scare up a decent weekend return.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Over the course of 10 wild and woolly national TV dates, Campbell’s charges scared up 22.6 million viewers per game, edging the perennial ratings champs in Dallas by some 175,000 impressions.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Scare up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20up. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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