scare off meaning

Verb: scare off  skehr óf

1. Cause to lose courage
   - daunt, dash, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare

Derived forms: scares off, scaring off, scared off

Type of: intimidate, restrain

• scare away-off:    1. scare away/off ...
• scare the pants off:    [British slang]Phr ...
• scare the pants off (of) so:    [American slang]to ...

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1. his intimacy scared off all female colleagues
2. go away, boilermaker . you're scaring off the clientele
3. that's the idea . i use it to scare off the jerks
4. yeah . try not to scare off the fish there, buddy
5. he got a gun and scared off the thief