Antonyms for scare up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : skair

Phonetic Transcription : skɛər

Definition of scare up

Origin : 1590s, alteration of Middle English skerren (c.1200), from Old Norse skirra "to frighten; to shrink from, shun; to prevent, avert," related to skjarr "timid, shy, afraid of," of unknown origin. In Scottish also skair, skar, and in dialectal English skeer, skear, which seems to preserve the older pronunciation. To scare up "procure, obtain" is first recorded 1846, American English, from notion of rousing game from cover. Related: Scared; scaring.

As in assemble : verb congregate
As in accumulate : verb gather or amass something
As in acquire : verb obtain or receive
As in collect : verb accumulate, come together
As in convene : verb bring together; meet
As in earn : verb make money
As in amass : verb gather, accumulate
As in find : verb catch sight of, lay hands on
As in gather : verb come or bring together
As in group : verb bring together
As in herd : verb gather; shepherd

Example sentences :

Couldn't you scare up some bread and butter for me from that tea?
Extract from : « One Day More » by Joseph Conrad

Yes, mamma, and let us take Julio to scare up some partridges.
Extract from : « Strong as Death » by Guy de Maupassant

So scare up all the cards you can, and bring out your army of scissors.
Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew

I have to go round there every day and scare up news, he said.
Extract from : « Joan of the Journal » by Helen Diehl Olds

How would it be to scare up a hunt to-morrow, and get a lot of these chaps to help?
Extract from : « A Frontier Mystery » by Bertram Mitford

We'll scare up a conductor here somewhere; if we can't, I'll be your conductor.
Extract from : « Held for Orders » by Frank H. Spearman

Nance, I have some biscuit and fudge in my grip, if you could scare up some tea.
Extract from : « Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days » by Nell Speed

Christmas Eve and all, it does really appear as if they might scare up a cow.
Extract from : « The Wooing of Calvin Parks » by Laura E. Richards

Where can you scare up names like them among your mudsill folks?
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IX., March, 1862., No. LIII. » by Various

One o' their number volunteered to go and scare up the buck.
Extract from : « A Man for the Ages » by Irving Bacheller

Synonyms for scare up

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