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scare away VB trans, scare off VB trans

отпу́гивать

Usage examples with scare off

to scare the pants off sb

до́ смерти испуга́ть кого́-ли́бо

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When a country's chaos and economic policies scare off foreign investors and send local entrepreneurs abroad to look for better opportunities, the economy becomes skewed. en.wikipedia.org

There, they drop the fish in, causing it to expand to the size of the pool and scare off all of the swimmers. en.wikipedia.org

Though no match for larger wild animals their reactions create an element of surprise and often scare off potential attackers. en.wikipedia.org

Perhaps he might not want to scare off his female fans. en.wikipedia.org

A farm owner, for example, may mount a charm conspicuously on his farm in order to stress private ownership and to scare off human intruders. en.wikipedia.org

Fire is also said to scare off evil spirits, especially combined with the lemongrass aroma. en.wikipedia.org

They display deimatic (threat) behavior, raising their hind parts in the air and showing their conspicuous warning coloration to scare off predators. en.wikipedia.org

The heads were later placed along the presidio walls, meant to scare off potential threats. en.wikipedia.org

To cope, trilobites started enrolling themselves for protection, along with growing vicious spines that would scare off even the most determined predator. en.wikipedia.org

Later it becomes apparent that his attitude and display of truncated limbs are intended to scare off unmotivated applicants. en.wikipedia.org

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