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FRIGHTEN OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frighten off mean?
• FRIGHTEN OFF (verb)
The verb FRIGHTEN OFF has 1 sense:
1. cause to lose courage
Familiarity information: FRIGHTEN OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to lose courage
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
dash; daunt; frighten away; frighten off; pall; scare; scare away; scare off
Context example:
dashed by the refusal
Hypernyms (to "frighten off" is one way to...):
intimidate (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot frighten off Sue
The bad news will frighten off him
Context examples
Only Spitz quivered and bristled as he staggered back and forth, snarling with horrible menace, as though to frighten off impending death.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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