scare
111scare off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you scare off or scare away a person or animal, you frighten them so that they go away. [V P n (not pron)] ...an alarm to scare off an attacker. [V n P] ...the problem of scaring birds away from airport runways. Syn: frighten… …
112scare away — verb cause to lose courage dashed by the refusal • Syn: ↑daunt, ↑dash, ↑scare off, ↑pall, ↑frighten off, ↑frighten away, ↑scare • …
113scare off — verb cause to lose courage (Freq. 2) dashed by the refusal • Syn: ↑daunt, ↑dash, ↑pall, ↑frighten off, ↑scare away, ↑frighten away, ↑scare …
114scare quotes — plural n. quotation marks used around a word or phrase when they are not required, thereby eliciting attention or doubts putting the term global warming in scare quotes serves to subtly cast doubt on the reality of such a phenomenon * * * ˈscare… …
115scare away — phrasal verb scare away or scare off [transitive] Word forms scare away : present tense I/you/we/they scare away he/she/it scares away present participle scaring away past tense scared away past participle scared away 1) to make someone feel so… …
116scare into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms scare into : present tense I/you/we/they scare into he/she/it scares into present participle scaring into past tense scared into past participle scared into scare someone into something to make someone feel so …
117scare off — phrasal verb scare away or scare off [transitive] Word forms scare away : present tense I/you/we/they scare away he/she/it scares away present participle scaring away past tense scared away past participle scared away 1) to make someone feel so… …
118Scare Yourself — Infobox Album Name = Scare Yourself Type = studio Artist = D A D Released = May 23, 2005 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = 38:53 Label = EMI Producer = D A D Reviews = *GAFFA (magazine) rating|3|6 [http://gaffa.dk/anmeldelser/view.php/mreview… …
119scare the pants off — [beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off (someone) informal if someone or something beats, bores, scares etc. the pants off someone, they beat, bore, or scare them completely. I hate sunbathing. It bores the pants off me. Horror films scare the pants …
120scare story — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms scare story : singular scare story plural scare stories something said or written that makes a situation seem worse than it really is …
