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
Ascroft	['æʃkrɔft]
Lemuel	LEM-yoo-əl (English)	Biblical, Mormon, Biblical Hebrew
Peni	-	Hawaiian
Machli	-	Biblical Hebrew
Ashbey	['aʃbi]
Telesphorus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)