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Definition of To scare up

To scare up
Scare Scare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.] To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang] Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.

Meaning of To scare up from wikipedia

- A jump scare (also written jump-scare and jumpscare) is a scaring technique used in media, particularly in films such as horror films and video games such...
- called to 'Conjuring'". Variety. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2013. "Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor Scare Up Roles In...
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- setup for the inevitable jump scare, to which he explained: "We were definitely conscious of trying to mix the rhythms up. Each encounter became somewhat...
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- 2024. Rubin, Rebecca (October 4, 2023). "The Exorcist: Believer Aims to Scare Up at Least $30 Million in Box Office Debut". Variety. Archived from the...
- 2019. Mason, Charlie (February 2, 2022). "Tales of The Walking Dead Scares Up Its First Guest Stars: Anthony Edwards, Terry Crews, Parker Posey and...
- "Annabelle: Horror prequel scares up lackluster reviews". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 16, 2015. "New Line Already Developing Sequel to James Wan's The Conjuring"...
- Rebecca (June 10, 2016). "Box Office: The Conjuring Scares Up $3.4 Million; Warcraft Marches to $3.1 Million Thursday". The Hollywood Reporter. McNary...
- Look up red scare in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A "Red Scare" is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism...