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scare away

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Verb1.scare away - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare off, pall, scare, dash
intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats


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"I'm not feeling well," said the Scarecrow, with a smile, "for it is very tedious being perched up here night and day to scare away crows.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
It warn't no trouble to see that he WANTED to talk about it, but always along at first he would scare away from it when he got on the very edge of it, and go to talking about something else.
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
There is yet, in the Temple, something of a clerkly monkish atmosphere, which public offices of law have not disturbed, and even legal firms have failed to scare away.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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