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present participle of scare up
Synonyms & Antonyms of scaring up
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
- I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them
Synonyms for scaring up
- ascertaining,
- descrying,
- detecting,
- determining,
- digging out,
- digging up,
- discovering,
- dredging (up),
- ferreting (out),
- finding,
- finding out,
- getting,
- hitting (on or upon),
- hunting (down or up),
- learning,
- locating,
- nosing out,
- rooting (out),
- routing (out),
- rummaging,
- running down,
- scouting (up),
- tracking (down),
- turning up
Words Related to scaring up
Near Antonyms for scaring up
- losing,
- mislaying,
- misplacing,
- missetting
- (or mis-setting)
Antonyms for scaring up
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“Scaring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaring%20up. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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