Meaning

1 senses

  1. To frighten (someone) to get them to do (something).

    John's warning scared me into getting to work on time.

Examples

15 sentences

  1. The child was scared to get into the water.

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  2. Tom was scared to go into the cave.

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  3. Tom wasn't scared to go into the cave.

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  4. Tom is scared to go into the cave.

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  5. Tom was too scared to go into the cave.

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Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsscared into

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scare into

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtalk into

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scarcityscareB1scarecrowscarfA2
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