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
Mave	-	Irish
Feliciana	fe-lee-THYAH-nah (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), fay-lee-CHYAH-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Sergius	-	Ancient Roman
Gazsi	GAW-zhee	Hungarian
RÓŻA	RUW-zhah	Polish
Rizvan	-	Turkish