- scare someone away/off
- drive or keep someone away by frightening them.→ scare
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
scare someone away/off
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scare away/off — [phrasal verb] scare (someone or something) away/off or scare away/off (someone or something) : to cause (someone or something) to go away and stay away because of fear or because of possible trouble, difficulty, etc. The dog scared the prowler… … Useful english dictionary
scare — verb 1》 cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten. ↘(scare someone away/off) drive or keep someone away by frightening them. ↘become scared. 2》 (scare something up) informal, chiefly N. Amer. find or obtain something. noun a sudden… … English new terms dictionary
scare — ► VERB 1) cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten. 2) (scare away/off) drive or keep (someone) away by fear. 3) become frightened. ► NOUN 1) a sudden attack of fright. 2) a period of general anxiety or alarm about something … English terms dictionary
scare — scare1 [skeə US sker] v [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: skirra, from skjarr shy, fearful ] 1.) [T] to make someone feel frightened = ↑frighten →↑afraid ▪ Loud noises can scare animals or birds. scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out… … Dictionary of contemporary English
scare — scare1 [ sker ] verb * transitive to make someone feel frightened or worried: I m sorry, I didn t mean to scare you. scare the life/daylights out of someone (=scare someone very much): What are you doing in there? You scared the life out of me.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scare — 1 verb 1 (T) to make someone feel frightened: Ignore him, he s just trying to scare us. | scare the hell/life/shit out of sb (=scare someone very much): You scared the hell out of me jumping out like that! 2 (I) to become frightened: I don t… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scare off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you scare off or scare away a person or animal, you frighten them so that they go away. [V P n (not pron)] ...an alarm to scare off an attacker. [V n P] ...the problem of scaring birds away from airport runways. Syn: frighten… … English dictionary
scare off someone — scare off (someone/something) to cause someone or something to go or stay away. In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes. A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people … New idioms dictionary
scare off someone — scare off (someone) to cause someone not to invest money in something. A TV show as experimental and unusual as this one could scare off advertisers. The country s financial crisis has scared away potential foreign investors … New idioms dictionary
scare off something — scare off (someone/something) to cause someone or something to go or stay away. In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes. A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people … New idioms dictionary
