"scare straight" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "1982 September 3, Ellen Goodman, “Work ethic remains strong as ever”, in Spokesman-Review, Spokane, USA, retrieved 2013-02-13, page 4",
          "text": "Indeed, there is a streak of Reaganomics that believes the only way to motivate American workers is to scare them straight with unemployment charts.",
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          "ref": "2005 March 16, Pete Thamel, “Scared Straight Into the Courts of Basketball”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-02-13",
          "text": "Thomas credited the boot camp for scaring him straight.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 May 15, \"How Bill Put the Fizz in the Fight Against Fat, Time (retrieved 13 Feb 2013)",
          "text": "Slimmed down and scared straight after his bypass surgery, Clinton brokers a deal to get sugary drinks out of schools."
        }
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        "To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "set straight"
        }
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          "ref": "1982 September 3, Ellen Goodman, “Work ethic remains strong as ever”, in Spokesman-Review, Spokane, USA, retrieved 2013-02-13, page 4",
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          "ref": "2006 May 15, \"How Bill Put the Fizz in the Fight Against Fat, Time (retrieved 13 Feb 2013)",
          "text": "Slimmed down and scared straight after his bypass surgery, Clinton brokers a deal to get sugary drinks out of schools."
        }
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results."
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