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scared up

scared up is the simple past and past participle of scare up.

Meaning of 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
    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

Questions about scared up

What is scared up the simple past and past participle of?
Scared up is the simple past and past participle of scare up.

Words near scared up in the dictionary

  1. scared the life out of
  2. scared the living daylights out of
  3. scared the pants off
  4. scared the shit out of
  5. scared to death
  6. scared up
  7. scared white
  8. scaredeer
  9. scaredeers
  10. scareder
  11. scaredest

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