put the frighteners on



put the frighteners on somebody

  (British old-fashioned, informal)
to threaten someone He said he wouldn't pay up so I sent my brothers round to put the frighteners on him.
See also: on, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JÓZsuaYO-zhoo-awHungarian
WilliVI-leeGerman
LuboŠ-Czech
Anstie['ænsti]
Lowri-Welsh
LotteLAW-tə (German)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German