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scares up

scares up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scares up

What is scares up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scares up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scare up.

Words near scares up in the dictionary

  1. scares the hoes
  2. scares the life out of
  3. scares the living daylights out of
  4. scares the pants off
  5. scares the shit out of
  6. scares up
  7. scaresome
  8. scaresomely
  9. scarest
  10. scareth
  11. scareware

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