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SCARE AWAY

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• SCARE AWAY (verb)
The verb SCARE AWAY has 1 sense:

1. cause to lose courage

Familiarity information: SCARE AWAY used as a verb is very rare.

• SCARE AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cause to lose courage

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

dashed by the refusal

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

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot scare away Sue

"If you can't be good, be careful."
(English proverb)
"Sorrow, nobody dies about it"
(Breton proverb)
"Advice sharpens a rusty opinion."
(Arabic proverb)
"High trees catch lots of wind."
(Dutch proverb)

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