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scare away

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[scare away] or [off] {v. phr.}

To cause to flee; frighten away.

* /Jake is a confirmed bachelor; the best way to scare him off is to start talking about marriage./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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