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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Giambattista	jahm-baht-TEE-stah	Italian
Mithras	MITH-rəs (English)	Persian Mythology (Hellenized)
Fulk	FULK	English (Archaic)
Hinnerk	-	Low German
Barlaam	-	Judeo-Christian Legend
Crocker	['krɔkə]