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scare away

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scareverb

    cause to lose courage

    "dashed by the refusal"

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  1. scare away

    To scare away means to frighten or alarm someone or something to such an extent that they leave or avoid a particular place or situation. It is the act of causing fear or discomfort which results in driving someone or something off or away.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scare away in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scare away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of scare away in a Sentence

  1. Henk De Hoop:

    Retrenchments are very sensitive from the government perspective. You don't want to rock the boat by letting so many people lose their jobs before an important election, but behind the scenes, realism is expected to set in because you equally don't want to scare away investors.

  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.


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