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Meanings of
frighten away
in English
Portuguese
assustar
Catalan
desanimar
Spanish
asustar
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Cause to lose courage.
dash
scare
pall
daunt
scare off
frighten off
scare away
Portuguese
assustar
Usage of
frighten away
in English
1
The object of beating the children was to
frighten
away
the animals.
2
Alviarin, at best, this will
frighten
away
a few of his followers.
3
But he did not want to
frighten
away
either labor or northern investors.
4
Their young men would
frighten
away
the images as well as the beasts.
5
The practice was originated by the Roman Catholics to
frighten
away
evil spirits.
6
Say, you play at Potlatch,
frighten
away
the hawks; mother-birds sing.
7
She complied and began building a fire to
frighten
away
crocodiles.
8
He would much prefer to
frighten
away
this intruder than to kill him.
9
Not a few of the aldermen believed that it could
frighten
away
merchants.
10
Set them up on poles to
frighten
away
the sparrows from your garden?
11
Why
frighten
away
the Loves and the Graces that lie hid in your smile.
12
The loud cries uttered by the mourners were thought to
frighten
away
the spirits.
13
They will
frighten
away
the men, if she do not grow out of it.
14
The churches with their hide-bound creeds
frighten
away
most men.
15
Chemoise imagined that they hoped it would
frighten
away
enemies.
16
Either the cheap version that only sounds inside the building, to
frighten
away
thieves.
Other examples for "frighten away"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
frighten
away
frighten
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
frighten away
Portuguese
assustar
intimidar
desalentar
Catalan
desanimar
espantar
esglaiar
acoquinar
acovardir
descoratjar
Spanish
asustar
espantar
Frighten away
through the time
Frighten away
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common