English Explanatory Dictionary

scare up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover.
  2. To find or procure (something), especially something not easily found or procured, and especially while relying on chance to provide the means.

Word forms

scare up scares up scaring up scared up

Etymology

Figurative sense US from 1846.

Synonyms

drive flush flush out

Related words

beat the bushes
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