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scare off

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Verb1.scare off - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats
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? scare off
vt sep
(= put off)abschrecken (prep obj von)


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GARY MEGSON has persuaded Gary Cahill to sign a new bumper deal at Bolton to finally scare off other Premier League admirers.
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