scout up
scout up
To spend time thoroughly or exhaustively attempting to locate someone or something. A noun or pronoun is used between "scout" and "up." He spent the better part of a day scouting up the parts he would need to finish his prototype. We'll need to scout a new manager up for this project.
See also: scout, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scout someone or something up
to search for and find someone or something. I'll scout up a costume for the Halloween party. Can you scout a date up for Friday night?
See also: scout, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- buy (yourself) time
- buy time
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- arrange for
- arrange for some time
- arrange some music for
- rescue from
- rescue from (someone or something)
- identify with
- attune to