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
Examples of scare up in a Sentence
I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them.
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First, ex-pro Maks Chermkovskiy tried to scare up a little attention for himself recently by dragging poor Jan Ravnik over his lack of ballroom experience.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Not to mention scaring up plenty of customers.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
The sequel 15 years in the making boasting an ensemble cast of Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, and Gillian Anderson fell 66 percent from its precarious perch atop the box office last weekend, scaring up only $11 million domestically and $25.2 million globally in week two.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
While the Cowboys and Chiefs have gone about their usual business of scaring up impressions, last year’s ratings champs have yet to really pounce on the Nielsen dials.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Not to mention scaring up plenty of customers.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
The sequel 15 years in the making boasting an ensemble cast of Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, and Gillian Anderson fell 66 percent from its precarious perch atop the box office last weekend, scaring up only $11 million domestically and $25.2 million globally in week two.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
While the Cowboys and Chiefs have gone about their usual business of scaring up impressions, last year’s ratings champs have yet to really pounce on the Nielsen dials.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scare up
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“Scare up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20up. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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