scare off

listen to the pronunciation of scare off
English - English
If you scare off or scare away a person or animal, you frighten them so that they go away. an alarm to scare off an attacker. the problem of scaring birds away from airport runways
cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
If you scare someone off, you accidentally make them unwilling to become involved with you. I don't think that revealing your past to your boyfriend scared him off The new Democratic Party is not likely to scare off voters. = put off
{f} scare away, deter, frighten away, expel; cause to become afraid, cause to lose courage
scare the pants off of
To scare or startle thoroughly

He liked the water rides, but the big roller coaster scared the pants off him.

scare off

    Turkish pronunciation

    sker ôf

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsker ˈôf/ /ˈskɛr ˈɔːf/

    Etymology

    [ 'sker, 'skar ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English skerren, from Old Norse skirra, from skjarr shy, timid.
Favorites