scared up
Found with effort
Scared up is an informal way of saying gathered, collected, or managed to find, usually with some effort or difficulty.
It suggests scrounging or rounding up something that wasn't readily available.
I scared up enough change for a cup of coffee.
She scared up a few volunteers for the event.
The phrase likely derives from hunting, where game is "scared up" or flushed from hiding.
- procureObtain through effort
- amassedGathered in abundance
- cobble togetherAssemble hastily from whatever's available
- piece togetherConstruct from fragments
- scrape togetherAssemble with effort
pull together · rustle up · hunt down · gather · urgent · scavenge · muster · forage · wrangle · hasty · impromptu · last-minute · thrown together · come up with · scrape by · come by · frantic · hurried
scared upsquandered
Carelessly used up
lost · wasted · gave away · discarded · threw away
scared upscattered
Spread irregularly about
dispersed · dissipated · spread out · drove away · disbanded
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