as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them
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Recent Examples of scare up
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scare up
Verb
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Sporting found some moments of control in the second half and finally got a foothold in the game again.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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Those few minutes sent students scrambling for cover and barricading themselves around campus until authorities found them.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Investigators also learned that a friend of Johnson's had pawned a handgun for him.—
William Morris,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The police first learned of suspicious behavior from an April 7 call that led them to an 11-year-old boy who said that an unknown man had videotaped him in a restroom.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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It is mounted in a ring by JAR, and ranks among the rarest and most important diamonds ever discovered.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration discovered that some of the administration’s aggressive layoffs left the agency without key personnel.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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In other words, while the remains were located over the span of two months, that does not indicate the victims died around the same time.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Deputies located Podoll near the scene and detained him.—
Ron Wood,
Arkansas Online,
18 Apr. 2025
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This refreshing serum gets its tingle from peppermint and tea tree, which works with caffeine to invigorate the scalp and maximize the absorption of the formula’s peptides.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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Buttery, flaky croissants peak through and get nice and toasty in the oven.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
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