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  • 21scare — [[t]ske͟ə(r)[/t]] scares, scaring, scared 1) VERB If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. [V n] You re scaring me... [V n] What scares me most is that I m going to end up not being married... [V n …

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  • 22scare — verb 1》 cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.     ↘(scare someone away/off) drive or keep someone away by frightening them.     ↘become scared. 2》 (scare something up) informal, chiefly N. Amer. find or obtain something. noun a sudden… …

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  • 23scare — Synonyms and related words: abject fear, affright, alarm, awe, blue funk, bluff off, collect, come by, consternation, cow, cowardice, curdle the blood, daunt, dig up, dismay, disquiet, dread, fear, find, freeze, fright, frighten, frighten off,… …

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  • 24scare off — v. scare away, deter, frighten away, expel; cause to become afraid, cause to lose courage …

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  • 25scare off someone — scare off (someone/something) to cause someone or something to go or stay away. In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes. A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people …

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  • 26scare off something — scare off (someone/something) to cause someone or something to go or stay away. In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes. A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people …

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  • 27scare off — (someone/something) to cause someone or something to go or stay away. In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes. A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people and… …

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  • 28scare somebody away — ˌscare sbaˈway/ˈoff derived to make sb go away by frightening them • They managed to scare the bears away. Main entry: ↑scarederived …

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  • 29scare off someone — scare off (someone) to cause someone not to invest money in something. A TV show as experimental and unusual as this one could scare off advertisers. The country s financial crisis has scared away potential foreign investors …

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  • 30scare off — (someone) to cause someone not to invest money in something. A TV show as experimental and unusual as this one could scare off advertisers. The country s financial crisis has scared away potential foreign investors …

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