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noun fear VERB + FRIGHT take | be shaking/trembling with | die of (informal) He almost died of fright when the fish jumped out of the water. PREP. in ~ She cried out in fright. | with ~ They were paralysed with fright. | ~ at The birds took fright at the sight of the cat and flew off. sudden feeling of fear ADJ. awful, bad, dreadful, nasty, terrible VERB + FRIGHT get, have Emma got such a fright that she dropped the tray. I had a terrible fright this morning when I saw you there. | give sb PHRASES a bit of a fright, the fright of your life You gave me the fright of my life, jumping out like that! | quite a fright
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