scare sb/sth away/off
— phrasal verb with scare uk/skeər/us/sker/verb [ I or T ]
C1 to make a person or an animal so frightened that he, she, or it goes away:
Don't make too much noise or you'll scare away the birds.
She scared off her attacker by screaming.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Frightening and scaring
- chill
- chill sb to the bone/marrow idiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- flesh
- frighten
- make your flesh crawl/creep idiom
- overawe
- petrify
- put the fear of God into you idiom
- put/get the wind up sb idiom
- scare
- send chills down/up sb's spine idiom
- send shivers down/up sb's spine idiom
- send shudders/a shudder down your spine idiom
- shiver (up and) down your spine idiom
- shudder
- wit
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