SCARE AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scare away mean? 

• SCARE AWAY (verb)
  The verb SCARE AWAY has 1 sense:

1. cause to lose courage

  Familiarity information: SCARE AWAY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCARE AWAY (verb)

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 "scare away" is one way to...):

intimidate (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot scare away Sue

 Context examples 

"I'm not feeling well," said the Scarecrow, with a smile, "for it is very tedious being perched up here night and day to scare away crows."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)