scare off


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Verb1.scare off - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats
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Translations

w>scare off

vt sep
(= put off)abschrecken (prep obj von)
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In the same hearing, Anne Estorco-Macias, president of the Philippine Independent Power Producers Association, warned that imposing penalties could scare off investors.
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy has accused a Kandal province businessman of defamation and operating an illegal digging site, a few weeks after he allegedly shot into the ground to scare off officials trying to inspect his land.
'Forestry Department officials and captors tried to scare off the wild elephant but it did not leave the village.'
There is a feeling he will be allowed to leave for a fee in the region of PS8 million, which will scare off the majority of suitors.
Thankfully I managed to scare off the dog this time and my daughter was unharmed.
May 20 that a Vallejo, California, homeowner was able to scare off a would-be burglar without shedding any blood.
Argentina's Congress nationalised the country's biggest oil company, YPF, by an overwhelming lower house vote that underscored broad popular support for a measure that threatens to scare off foreign investment.
POLICE are appealing for a good Samaritan to come forward after he helped scare off a group attempting a robbery in Merthyr Tydfil.