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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