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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Verdict: If the movie is even half as chilling as the utterly terrifying teaser trailer, then these zombies will scare up some tasty box office.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Saturday’s donnybrook at the Horseshoe may not have scared up the massive numbers that last year’s Ohio State-Michigan showdown delivered, but Fox’s broadcast of the 120th installment of The Game still ranks as the college football season’s second-biggest TV draw.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
If the whatever-they-wind-up-calling-it service scares up as many as 3 million subs by 2030, Fishman believes that Disney’s probably looking at nearly a billion dollars ($936 million) in incremental revenue.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
When Rush subbed in for the starter at the top of the 2022 season, CBS still managed to scare up a massive 27.39 million viewers for Dallas’ 20-17 win over Cincinnati.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Saturday’s donnybrook at the Horseshoe may not have scared up the massive numbers that last year’s Ohio State-Michigan showdown delivered, but Fox’s broadcast of the 120th installment of The Game still ranks as the college football season’s second-biggest TV draw.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
If the whatever-they-wind-up-calling-it service scares up as many as 3 million subs by 2030, Fishman believes that Disney’s probably looking at nearly a billion dollars ($936 million) in incremental revenue.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
When Rush subbed in for the starter at the top of the 2022 season, CBS still managed to scare up a massive 27.39 million viewers for Dallas’ 20-17 win over Cincinnati.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Scare up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20up. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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