scare away

scare someone or something away (from someone or something)

to frighten someone or something away from someone or something. He put on a gruff exterior to scare everyone away from him. The bear scared away a lot of people from the campground.

scare away somebody/something

also scare somebody/something away

to cause someone or something to go or stay away scare off somebody/something Video cameras may be helpful to police, but they do not scare away robbers. He scared them away by yelling and firing into the air.

scare away

or scare off

To cause someone or something to leave or to stay away due to fear: The kidnappings have scared tourists away. The farmer put up a scarecrow to scare away the birds.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cupid	KYOO-pəd (English)	Roman Mythology
Robert	RAH-bərt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RO-bərt (Dutch), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian), RO-beert (Russian)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene,
&Thorn;ÓRnÝ	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Talitha	TAL-i-thə (English)	Biblical
Pipaluk	-	Native American, Greenlandic
Lotta	LOT-tah (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish