scare someone or something up
scare up
To collect, assemble, or produce someone or something after a lengthy search or with a considerable amount of effort. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scare" and "up." I managed to scare up enough cash to get a bus out to Vancouver to see my girlfriend this weekend. How are we ever going to scare enough people up to form a team by this weekend? Go to the market and see if you can scare something up for us to eat.
See also: scare, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scare someone or something up
tv. to find someone or something. (As if one were flushing wild game.) I have to scare a date up for Friday night.
See also: scare, someone, something, up
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- piece out
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- rescue from
- rescue from (someone or something)
- identify with
- attune to
- ask back
- orient
- orient to
- orient to (something)