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
Sofiyasah-FEE-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Hildred-English
Jalal-Arabic, Persian
Ea (2)-Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Guillaumegee-OMFrench
Ruba-Arabic