scare up

== English == === Etymology === Figurative sense US from 1846. === Verb === scare up (third-person singular simple present scares up, present participle scaring up, simple past and past participle scared up) To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover. Synonyms: drive, flush, flush out (figuratively) To find or procure (something), especially something not easily found or procured, and especially while relying on chance to provide the means. 1990, Miller's Crossing, 01:25:07 "Scare me up some gargle, will you?" ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== beat the bushes === Anagrams === apercus, aperçus, earcups, scauper