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scare sb away/off
[ M ]
to make someone so worried about doing something that they decide not to do it
• If you charge as much as that, you'll scare customers off., scare sb into doing sth
to persuade someone to do something by frightening them
• The two boys scared the old man into handing over his wallet., scare sb/sth away/off
[ M ]
to make a person or an animal so frightened that they go away
• Don't make too much noise or you'll scare away the birds.
• She scared off her attacker by screaming., scare sth up
[ M ] US informal
to find or get something despite difficulties or limited supplies
• There's hardly any food in the house, but I'll scare something up from these leftovers.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with SCARE, Also see RUN SCARED.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb ADV. really | easily He doesn't scare easily. VERB + SCARE try to PREP. into They're just trying to scare us into letting out the secret. | with You don't scare me with your threats! PHRASES scare sb silly/stiff/to death (informal) The very thought of flying scares me stiff. | scare the hell/life/living daylights out of sb (informal) You scared the life out of me, hiding like that! | scare the pants off sb (informal), noun ADJ. major, terrible a major health scare | minor | bomb | food, health | Aids, BSE, etc. VERB + SCARE cause | give sb It wasn't a serious heart attack, but it gave him a terrible scare. | get, have SCARE + NOUN story, tactics The government used scare tactics to get parents to have their children vaccinated against the disease. PREP. ~ about/over the scare over British beef PHRASES a bit of a/quite a scare I got a bit of a scare when the police rang.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
frighten:
You will scare the kids with that mask.
noun
fright:
We had a scare last night.
Simple Definitions