scare up
Example Sentences
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Which is why I have no doubt that, even as we speak, Jerry Dipoto and Justin Hollander are burning the phone and text lines to see what sort of deal they can scare up.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
Horror movies “Antlers” and “Last Night in Soho” opened nationwide and struggled to scare up strong ticket sales, leaving last weekend’s champion “Dune” to rule over box office charts again.
From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2021
There, he managed to scare up some chow, but it was pancakes again, “which disappointed me very much,” he wrote.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2020
Introducing his group’s cover of “In the Street” by Big Star, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen tried to scare up a cameo by Grace, whose “That ’70s Show” used the song as its theme.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2020
Hoping to keep Seabiscuit around for another race, the Bay Meadows racing secretary made an emergency trip out of town, hoping to scare up some of the Handicap favorites to face him at Bay Meadows.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
