Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Seeing my friend get expelled for cheating really scared me straight.

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Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsscared straight

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scare straight

Word family

1 related words
Relatedset straight

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scarcityscareB1scarecrowscarfA2
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