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frighten sb/sth away/off
— phrasal verb with frighten /ˈfraɪ.tən/ verb [T]Definition
› to make a person or animal feel fear in order to make them go away: Be quiet or you'll frighten the deer off.Frightening and scaring › to make someone so nervous that they decide not to do something: Many potential buyers were frightened off by the £1 million price tag.Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset
(Definition of frighten sb/sth away/off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- chill sb to the bone/marrow idiom
- cow verb
- creep noun
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- frighten verb
- ghoulish adjective
- make sb's hair stand on end idiom
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- make your flesh crawl/creep idiom
- overawe verb
- petrify verb (FRIGHTEN)
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- scare sb shitless idiom
- scare sb/sth away/off phrasal verb
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- send shivers down/up sb's spine idiom
- shiver noun
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