scare off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone withdraw or stay away by frightening or discouraging them

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   scare off someone/something / scare someone/something off

   Usage: The discouraged person or frightened animal is the object. Put pronouns before off: scare them off.

   The aggressive sales pitch was enough to scare off several interested customers.

   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 aggressive sales pitch was enough to scare off several interested customers.

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