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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
Iain-Scottish
Foster['fɔstə]
Andie['ændi]
Bao-Chinese
Malik (2)-Native American, Greenlandic
Modestus-Late Roman
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