scare up
Example Sentences
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If all of a sudden Twitter isn’t just Twitter, but X, the future state of interconnectivity or whatever, maybe he can scare up enough cash to keep the lights on.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023
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
She came down and skimmed over the tops of the knapweed and grasses to scare up the prey.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
