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    SCARE AWAY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cause to lose courageplay

    Example:

    dashed by the refusal

    Synonyms:

    dash; daunt; frighten away; frighten off; pall; scare; scare away; scare off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Hypernyms (to "scare away" is one way to...):

    intimidate (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s somebody

    Sentence example:

    Sam cannot scare away Sue

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