scare somebody/something ↔ off/away phrasal verb (see also scare)

1. to make an animal or person go away by frightening them:
She moved quietly to avoid scaring the birds away.

2. to make someone uncertain or worried so that they do not do something they were going to do:
Rising prices are scaring off many potential customers.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

scare off
scare off (someone)
to cause someone not to invest money in something.
A TV show as experimental and unusual as this one could scare off advertisers.

The country's financial crisis has scared away potential foreign investors.

scare off (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to go or stay away.
In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes.

A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people and scared off tourists.

Intensive border patrols probably scared smugglers off.

scare off (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to go or stay away.
In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes.

A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people and scared off tourists.

Intensive border patrols probably scared smugglers off.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

scare off something
scare off (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to go or stay away.
In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes.

A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people and scared off tourists.

Intensive border patrols probably scared smugglers off.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

scare off someone
scare off (someone)
to cause someone not to invest money in something.
A TV show as experimental and unusual as this one could scare off advertisers.

The country's financial crisis has scared away potential foreign investors.

scare off (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to go or stay away.
In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes.

A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people and scared off tourists.

Intensive border patrols probably scared smugglers off.

scare off (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to go or stay away.
In summer, when you walked through a field of dry grass, you stamped your feet to scare off snakes.

A deadly outbreak of “bird flu” in Hong Kong has killed six people and scared off tourists.

Intensive border patrols probably scared smugglers off.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲