scare away
Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words
to make a person or animal leave by frightening them
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Examples (10)
- The loud noise might scare the birds away.
- We tried to scare the bear away with shouts.
- Don't make too much noise, or you'll scare the deer away.
- The dog barked fiercely to scare the intruders away.
- Her harsh words often scare potential friends away.
- He used a flashlight to scare the raccoons away from the trash.
- The sudden movement scared the timid cat away.
- They put up a scarecrow to scare birds away from the crops.
- We need to find a way to scare the pests away without harming them.
- The company's aggressive tactics tend to scare customers away.