frighten away

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone or something leave because of fear

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   frighten someone away / frighten away someone

   Usage: The frightened person or animal is the object; a pronoun precedes away.

   The barking dog frightened away the birds feeding on the lawn.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The barking dog frightened away the birds feeding on the lawn.

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