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SCARE OFF

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to lose courageplay

Example:

dashed by the refusal

Synonyms:

dash; daunt; frighten away; frighten off; pall; scare; scare away; scare off

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "scare off" is one way to...):

intimidate (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will scare off him

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