frighten off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone or something go away by causing fear

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   frighten off someone/something / frighten someone/something off

   Usage: The person or animal made to leave is the object. Put pronouns before off: frighten them off.

   The sudden noise was enough to frighten off the birds feeding beside the path.

   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 sudden noise was enough to frighten off the birds feeding beside the path.

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