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He threatened the intruders with a gun and frightened them off.
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The high prices have frightened off many customers.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
frighten somebody away from something — ˌfrighten sb/sthaˈway/ˈoff | ˌfrighten sb/sth aˈway from sth derived 1. to make a person or an animal go away by making them feel afraid • He threatened the intruders with a gun and frightened them off. 2. to make sb afraid or nervous so that… … Useful english dictionary
frighten somebody off — ˌfrighten sb/sthaˈway/ˈoff | ˌfrighten sb/sth aˈway from sth derived 1. to make a person or an animal go away by making them feel afraid • He threatened the intruders with a gun and frightened them off. 2. to make sb afraid or nervous so that… … Useful english dictionary
frighten away — verb cause to lose courage (Freq. 1) dashed by the refusal • Syn: ↑daunt, ↑dash, ↑scare off, ↑pall, ↑frighten off, ↑scare away, ↑scare … Useful english dictionary
frighten off — verb cause to lose courage dashed by the refusal • Syn: ↑daunt, ↑dash, ↑scare off, ↑pall, ↑scare away, ↑frighten away, ↑scare • … Useful english dictionary
drive away — verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings (Freq. 1) Drive away potential burglars drive away bad thoughts dispel doubts The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers • Syn: ↑chase away, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
chase away — verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings Drive away potential burglars drive away bad thoughts dispel doubts The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers • Syn: ↑drive out, ↑turn back, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
scare away — verb cause to lose courage dashed by the refusal • Syn: ↑daunt, ↑dash, ↑scare off, ↑pall, ↑frighten off, ↑frighten away, ↑scare • … Useful english dictionary
List of Marvel Family enemies — Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following: Contents 1 Acrobat 2 Adolf Hitler 3 Amoeba Family … Wikipedia
turn — turn1 W1S1 [tə:n US tə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(your body)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(direction)¦ 4¦(move around central point)¦ 5¦(change)¦ 6¦(attention/thoughts)¦ 7 turn your back (on somebody/something) 8¦(age/time)¦ 9 turn something inside out … Dictionary of contemporary English
affright — I noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety • Syn: ↑panic, ↑terror • Derivationally related forms: ↑terrorist (for: ↑terror), ↑terrorize ( … Useful english dictionary
