frighten into doing



frighten (someone or an animal) into doing something

to threaten someone or an animal into doing something. You can't frighten me into leaving! Let's try to frighten the coyotes into running away.
See also: frighten

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Oleksandr-Ukrainian
Eutychos-Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Rifat-Turkish
Slavica-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Addison[ædisn]
Balmer['bɑ:mə]