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phrasefrighten[frightened, frightened, frightening]
frighten away/off 1. frighten away sb/sth • frighten sb/sth away • frighten off sb/sth • frighten sb/sth off to make a person or animal go away by doing something that makes them afraid: The boys threw stones into the bushes to frighten off the bears. Reeves said he only fired the pistol to frighten the man away.■ SIMILAR TO: scare away/off2. frighten away sb/sth • frighten sb/sth away • frighten off sb/sth • frighten sb/sth off to make a person or organization decide not to do something that they might have been interested in doing, by making them feel worried, unsure, or nervous: The war has hurt the economy and frightened away investors. A lot of people are frightened off by Bergman's reputation as a "serious" film-maker, and they think his films must be really boring.■ SIMILAR TO: scare away/off
See:- be frightened of (one's) (own) shadow
- be frightened out of (one's) wits
- be frightened out of your wits
- be frightened to death
- be frightened/nervous/scared of your own shadow
- be nervous of (one's) (own) shadow
- be scared of (one's) (own) shadow
- frighten (one) in
- frighten (one) into (something)
- frighten (one) out of (one's) mind
- frighten (one) out of (one's) wits
- frighten (one) out of a year's growth
- frighten (one) to death
- frighten away
- frighten into
- frighten into doing
- frighten off
- frighten one out of wits
- frighten out of (someone or something)
- frighten the (living) daylights out of (someone)
- frighten the daylights out of
- frighten the hell out of
- frighten the hell out of (one)
- frighten the horses
- frighten the life out of
- frighten the life out of (one)
- frighten the life out of someone
- frighten the pants off (of) (one)
- frighten to death
- frighten/scare somebody out of their wits
- frighten/scare the life out of somebody
- frightened of (one's) (own) shadow
- frightened to death
- scare (one) out of (one's) mind
- scare (one) out of (one's) wits
- scare out of one's wits
- scare the life out of (one)
- You scared the hell out of me
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