scare off
English
Verb
scare off (third-person singular simple present scares off, present participle scaring off, simple past and past participle scared off)
- (transitive) To cause (something) to flee by frightening it.
- A quick growl scared off the mouse.
- 1949 Novermber and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 356:
- His chief trouble was stray sheep, and he scared most of them off with the draincocks and whistle.
- (transitive) To deter.
- The hefty price tag scared off any potential buyers.
Translations
to cause something to flee by frightening it
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to deter
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