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Phrase(s): terrify someone or an animal out of something
1. to terrify someone or an animal to leave something or some place. • The attackers terrified the farmers out of their homes. • The snake terrified the gophers out of their burrow. 2. to cause someone or an animal to lose something through fear. • They tried to terrify the old lady out of her money, but she refused to tell where it was. • The eagle terrified the hawk out of the food it was holding.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs