scare away
Beginner (A2) neutral
To make someone or something run away because you scared them.
"The farmer put up a scarecrow to scare away the crows from his crops."
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motors can scare away animals.
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We could use it to scare away
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looking big can scare away potential competitors
Paris of the Parisians
Rick Steves' Europe · 5:14
They serve as fancy rain spouts and scare away the