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scale down
To make smaller or less; decrease.
John scaled down each boy's share of food after a bear robbed the camp.
Tom built a scaled down model of the plane.
scandal sheet
A newspaper that prints much shocking news and scandal.
Bob wanted to find out who won the election, but he could find only a scandal sheet.
The scandal sheet carried big headlines about the murder.
scare away
scare off
To cause to flee; frighten away.
Jake is a confirmed bachelor; the best way to scare him off is to start talking about marriage.
scare out of one's wits
scare stiff
scare the daylights out of
frightened out of one's wits
To frighten very much.
Pete's ghost story scared the daylights out of the smaller boys.
The child was scared stiff in the dentist's chair.
The owl's hooting scared him out of his wits.
scare up
scrape up
To find, collect, or get together with some effort when needed.
"Will you stay for supper?" she asked. "I can scare up enough for us all."
He managed to scrape up the money for his speeding fine.
The boy scared up enough money to go to college.
school of hard knocks
Life outside of school or college; life out in the world; the ordinary experience of learning from work and troubles.
He never went to high school; he was educated in the school of hard knocks.
scout around
To search for; look around.
When we first came to town, we had to scout around for a suitable apartment.
scrape the bottom of the barrel
To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers.
At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with nickels and pennies for their lunch.
The garage owner had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find a qualified mechanic to work for him.