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scare off

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scare (someone or an animal) off
to frighten someone or an animal away. The dog's barking scared the burglar off. The barking scared off the prowler.
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scare off somebody/something also scare somebody/something off
to cause someone or something to go or stay away scare away somebody/something 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 scared off tourists. Intensive border patrols probably scared smugglers off.
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scare off somebody also scare away somebody

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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GARY MEGSON has persuaded Gary Cahill to sign a new bumper deal at Bolton to finally scare off other Premier League admirers.
Cahill says yes to new Meg-a deal; Football Spy: THE ORIGINAL GOSSIP ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Liverpool's first robotic bird of prey took to the city streets yesterday in a bid to scare off flocks of pigeons.
Robohawk wages war on pigeons by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
The British and French scientists believe they were trying to make themselves sound heavier to scare off the competition.
IN BRIEF: Deep voices of macho owls by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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