scare up

Verb

scare up (third-person singular simple present scares up, present participle scaring up, simple past and past participle scared up)

1. To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover.
   • Soon after, we scare up a flock of black ducks.1881, Henry David Thoreau, Early Spring in Massachusetts
   • They ranged along abreast of the Snark on either side, pouncing upon the flying-fish her forefoot scared up.1913, Jack London, The Cruise of the "Snark", published 2008, unnumbered page

   Synonyms:

   drive, flush, flush out

2. (figuratively) To find or procure (something), especially something not easily found or procured, and especially while relying on chance to provide the means.
   • “By the way,” said his friend, “let’s go over into Leopoldstadt, and see if we can’t scare up a sleigh for a little turn in the suburbs.”1881, William Dean Howells, A Modern Instance, page 185
   • Scare me up some gargle, will you?1990, Miller's Crossing, 01:25:07