phrasal verb

Scare off

Letter SInseparable

Scare off

Make someone so frightened that he or she away

Meanings

Make someone so frightened that they run away (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

The vicious Doberman guard-dog SCARED the burglars AWAY.

Related

scare + …Same base verb … + offSame particle

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