"scare off" meaning in English

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Verb

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), aspaventar (Spanish), ahuyentar (Spanish), zalear (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 formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 87 13 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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