scare up obj scare obj up v adv [M] Am infml to find or make (something) with difficulty because of a limited supply of things 张罗，凑合 There's hardly any food in the house, but I'll scare something up from these leftovers. 屋里几乎没有什么吃的，但我会用这些吃剩的食物张罗出一顿饭来。