scare off

English

Verb

scare off (third-person singular simple present scares off, present participle scaring off, simple past and past participle scared off)

1. (transitive) To cause (something) to flee by frightening it.

   A quick growl scared off the mouse.

   • 1949 Novermber and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 356:

     His chief trouble was stray sheep, and he scared most of them off with the draincocks and whistle.

2. (transitive) To deter.

   The hefty price tag scared off any potential buyers.

Translations

to cause something to flee by frightening it

• Polish: odstraszać (pl) impf, odstraszyć (pl) pf
• Russian: отпу́гивать (ru) impf (otpúgivatʹ), отпугну́ть (ru) pf (otpugnútʹ), спу́гивать (ru) impf (spúgivatʹ), спугну́ть (ru) pf (spugnútʹ)
• Spanish: espantar (es)
• Swedish: skrämma bort, skrämma iväg
• Turkish: ürkütmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: відля́кувати impf (vidljákuvaty), відляка́ти pf (vidljakáty)
• Welsh: tarfu (cy)

to deter

• Hungarian: elriaszt (hu)
• Polish: odstraszać (pl) impf, odstraszyć (pl) pf
• Russian: отпу́гивать (ru) impf (otpúgivatʹ), отпугну́ть (ru) pf (otpugnútʹ)
• Spanish: espantar (es), ahuyentar (es)
• Swedish: skrämma bort, skrämma iväg
• Ukrainian: відля́кувати impf (vidljákuvaty), відляка́ти pf (vidljakáty)

Anagrams

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