Meaning

1 senses

  1. Synonym of scare off.

More definitions
  • cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

Examples

72 sentences

  1. We don't want to scare Tom away.

    Ми не хочемо відлякати Тома.

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  2. I think I scared Tom away.

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  3. I think you scared Tom away.

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  4. I think we scared Tom away.

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  5. Tom is probably the one who scared Mary away.

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Forms

scares away, scaring away, scared away, scared away
Base formscare away · to scare away
3rd person singularscares away
Present participlescaring away
Past simplescared away
Past participlescared away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscare away
he, she, itscares away

Past simpleLesson

all personsscared away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scared away
he, she, ithas scared away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scare away

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
scare off
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scarcityscareB1scarecrowscarfA2
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