throw a scare into (someone)

To unsettle, startle, or shock someone; to instill someone with fear or disquietude. Though heavily favored to lose the election, the Republican candidate's late surge in the polls is sure to have thrown a scare into the incumbent president's camp.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Deepa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil
Usha	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Raghu	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
Filiberto	-	Italian
Horacio	o-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Vlasi	-	Russian