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SCARE OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
dashed by the refusal
Synonyms:
dash; daunt; frighten away; frighten off; pall; scare; scare away; scare off
Classified under:
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