scare

  • 41scare up — verb to find [something] (especially something that is not easily found); to bring [something] out (especially when it is difficult to do so) Soon after, we scare up a flock of black ducks …

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  • 42Scare — Recorded as Scarr, Scarre, Scare and Skarr, this is an English surname of Norse Viking origins. It derives from the pre 7th century word skjarr meaning a rocky outcrop or hill, a word that was introduced into England by the Vikings during their… …

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  • 43scare up — find or gather something with some effort We were able to scare up a couple of sleeping bags so that we could go camping …

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  • 44scare — 1. verb stop it, you re scaring me Syn: frighten, startle, alarm, terrify, unnerve, worry, intimidate, terrorize, cow; informal freak out; Brit.; informal put the wind up; N.Amer.; informal spook 2. noun you gave me a sca …

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  • 45scare —   Ho omaka u, ho opū iwa;    ♦ scare away, ho ohemū …

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  • 46Scare quotes — is a general term for quotation marks used for purposes other than to identify a direct quotation. For example, authors might use quotation marks to highlight special terminology, to distance the writer from the material being reported, to… …

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  • 47scare into — ˈscare ˌinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scare into he/she/it scares into present participle scaring into past tense …

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  • 48scare-head — scareˈ head, scareˈ heading or scareˈ line noun A newspaper heading designed to raise a scare • • • Main Entry: ↑scare …

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  • 49scare-heading — scareˈ head, scareˈ heading or scareˈ line noun A newspaper heading designed to raise a scare • • • Main Entry: ↑scare …

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  • 50scare-line — scareˈ head, scareˈ heading or scareˈ line noun A newspaper heading designed to raise a scare • • • Main Entry: ↑scare …

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