scare up

Meaning

1. scare up sth

   to find or make sth by using whatever is available

   I'll see if I can scare up enough chairs for us all.

In the movies · 4

• You gave us quite a scare up there How are you feelingDark Phoenix2019
• I'll ride into town and scare me up some.Lonesome Dove1989
• And, of course, the oil companies used a little skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices.Good Will Hunting1997
• Don't want you scaring and giving up on this whole endeavor now, do we?Tangled2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will

From the same entry

• scare the shit out of
• frighten the daylights out of
• frighten to death
• frighten the life out of
• scare away
• scare into doing
• scare off