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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Welcome to Derry scared up its best audience yet with the Chapter One finale.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
The animatronic horror sequel scared up $19.5 million domestically in its second week of release, and $38.6 million globally.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
But in the new version it will be guaranteed a flat $1 billion a year to keep it alive — barely — as state officials try to scare up the many billions of dollars more needed for the bullet train to become a reality.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2025
Not to mention scaring up plenty of customers.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
The animatronic horror sequel scared up $19.5 million domestically in its second week of release, and $38.6 million globally.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
But in the new version it will be guaranteed a flat $1 billion a year to keep it alive — barely — as state officials try to scare up the many billions of dollars more needed for the bullet train to become a reality.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2025
Not to mention scaring up plenty of customers.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Scare up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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