"scare off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: scares off [present, singular, third-person], scaring off [participle, present], scared off [participle, past], scared off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scare off (third-person singular simple present scares off, present participle scaring off, simple past and past participle scared off)
  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to flee by frightening it. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause something to flee by frightening it): odstraszać [imperfective] (Polish), odstraszyć [perfective] (Polish), отпу́гивать (otpúgivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отпугну́ть (otpugnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), спу́гивать (spúgivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), спугну́ть (spugnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), espantar (Spanish), skrämma bort (Swedish), skrämma iväg (Swedish), ürkütmek (Turkish), відля́кувати (vidljákuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відляка́ти (vidljakáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), tarfu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scare_off-en-verb-rrR1sSOM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 89 11 Disambiguation of 'to cause something to flee by frightening it': 99 1
  2. (transitive) To deter. Tags: transitive Translations (to deter): elriaszt (Hungarian), odstraszać [imperfective] (Polish), odstraszyć [perfective] (Polish), отпу́гивать (otpúgivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отпугну́ть (otpugnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), espantar (Spanish), ahuyentar (Spanish), skrämma bort (Swedish), skrämma iväg (Swedish), відля́кувати (vidljákuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відляка́ти (vidljakáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-scare_off-en-verb-ocjhHn4q Disambiguation of 'to deter': 3 97

Inflected forms

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