"take fright" meaning in English

See take fright in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes fright [present, singular, third-person], taking fright [participle, present], took fright [past], taken fright [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|takes fright|taking fright|took fright|taken fright}} take fright (third-person singular simple present takes fright, present participle taking fright, simple past took fright, past participle taken fright)
  1. To suddenly become scared, frightened or panicked.
    Sense id: en-take_fright-en-verb-I~TUg2s9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for take fright meaning in English (1.5kB)

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