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SCARE OFF

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. cause to lose courage

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

• SCARE OFF (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 off" is one way to...):

intimidate; restrain (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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(English proverb)
"As long as there is no wind, the tree won’t blow."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"For every glance behind us, we have to look twice to the future."
(Arabic proverb)
"Hasty speed is rarely good"
(Dutch proverb)

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