frighten away from
phrasal verbfrighten somebody/something away/off | frighten somebody/something away from something
- to make a person or an animal go away by making them feel afraid
- He threatened the intruders with a gun and frightened them off.
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- to make somebody afraid or nervous so that they no longer want to do something
- The high prices have frightened off many customers.