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English verb: frighten away | |||
| 1. | frighten away (emotion) cause to lose courage | ||
| Samples | Dashed by the refusal. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot frighten away Sue , The bad news will frighten away him | ||
| Synonyms | dash, daunt, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intimidate, restrain | ||
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