frighten

  • 61frighten away — phrasal verb frighten away or frighten off [transitive] Word forms frighten away : present tense I/you/we/they frighten away/off he/she/it frightens away/off present participle frightening away/off past tense frightened away/off past participle… …

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  • 62frighten off — phrasal verb frighten away or frighten off [transitive] Word forms frighten away : present tense I/you/we/they frighten away/off he/she/it frightens away/off present participle frightening away/off past tense frightened away/off past participle… …

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  • 63frighten away — verb cause to lose courage (Freq. 1) dashed by the refusal • Syn: ↑daunt, ↑dash, ↑scare off, ↑pall, ↑frighten off, ↑scare away, ↑scare …

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  • 64frighten off — verb cause to lose courage dashed by the refusal • Syn: ↑daunt, ↑dash, ↑scare off, ↑pall, ↑scare away, ↑frighten away, ↑scare • …

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  • 65frighten into — PHRASAL VERB If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it. [V n P ing/n] He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted …

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  • 66frighten - frightened — If something frightens you, it makes you feel afraid. Rats and mice don t frighten me. Frighten is almost always used as a transitive verb. You never say that someone frightens . If you want to say that someone is afraid because of something that …

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  • 67frighten into — phr verb Frighten into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑submission …

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  • 68frighten off — see frighten away …

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  • 69frighten someone off — drive someone away by frightening them. → frighten …

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  • 70frighten the (living) daylights out of someone — scare/frighten/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to make someone suddenly feel very frightened Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: daylights …

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