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To cause (something) to flee by frightening it

To cause to feel alarm or fright

To drive away, or cause to go in a specified direction

Verb

To cause (something) to flee by frightening it

“Villagers now have to mount guard on their homes and crops at night making loud noises and letting off fireworks to scare off marauding boars.”

Verb

To cause to feel alarm or fright

throw into panic

freeze your blood

scare the bejesus out of

get the wind up

give someone goose pimples

strike terror into

throw into a panic

chill to the marrow

curdle the blood

give one the creeps

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make one's flesh creep

make teeth chatter

put the fear of God into

put the wind up

scare the pants off

throw into a fright

chill to the bone

make one's blood run cold

make one's hair stand on end

scare someone half to death

scare someone out of their wits

scare the living daylights out of

throw into a blue funk

make someone jump out of their skin

scare the daylights out of

twist someone's arm

use strong-arm tactics on

ride roughshod over

throw off balance

give a hard time

put the screws on

frighten to death

take advantage of

frighten the living daylights out of

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

rule with an iron hand

rule with a rod of iron

keep under thumb

issue threats to

turn on the heat

frighten someone out of their wits

frighten the life out of

scare the life out of

scare the hell out of

fill with terror

send into a cold sweat

make someone shake in their shoes

put the frighteners on

put pressure on

frighten out of your wits

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

be on your back

rattle one's cage

lead by the nose

put someone off their stroke

drive up the wall

cause someone to lose their composure

be in the saddle

scare the pants off of

strike terror in

give someone hell

inspire panic in

paralyse with fear

blind someone with something

make someone jump out of his skin

take your breath away

get on someone's back

twist one's arm

strike fear into

knock for a loop

put through the wringer

put the chill on

turn the screws on

tighten the screws on

hold a gun to one's head

bring pressure to bear on

throw into tizzy

force one's hand

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

knock props out

use pressure on

put the squeeze on

put under an obligation

distress greatly

play the heavy with

drive round the twist

drive round the bend

breathe down someone's neck

give a bad time

give someone grief

knock your socks off

pull the rug from under

give the business

live off the backs of

take for a ride

put one over on

withhold rights from

take advantage of somebody

pull the rug out from under

utter threats to

make threats against

threaten to harm

threaten to kill

make threats to

trample underfoot

bring someone to their knees

have someone under your thumb

rule despotically

put off one's stroke

worm something out of someone

put the bite on someone for

blackmail someone for

obtain by force

obtain by threats

obtain by threat

make someone's hair stand on end

make someone's blood run cold

chill someone's blood

give someone a fright

make someone's hair curl

scare hell out of

get the knife into

stick the knife into

be on one's case

extort money from

have ascendancy over

have the whip hand over

demand hush money from

exercise control over

be in command of

play first fiddle

put the shake on

have the upper hand in

have mastery over

be in charge of

be in control of

have under one's thumb

wear the trousers

have the upper hand over

have upper hand

lay down the law

rule the roost in

push the buttons

throw your weight around

in the driver's seat

bend to your will

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Verb

To drive away, or cause to go in a specified direction

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