scare

scare
[skeəʳ, Am sker] n
1) (fright) Schreck[en] m;
to get [or have] a \scare einen Schreck[en] bekommen;
to give sb a \scare jdm einen Schreck[en] einjagen
2) (public panic) Hysterie f;
a few \scares about food poisoning einige panikartige Reaktionen in Bezug auf Lebensmittelvergiftungen;
bomb \scare Bombendrohung f adj
attr, inv Panik-;
\scare story Schauergeschichte f;
\scare tactic Panikmache f vt to \scare sb jdm Angst machen, jdn erschrecken;
the two boys \scared the old man into handing over his wallet die beiden Jungs bedrohten den alten Mann so, dass er ihnen seine Brieftasche gab;
to \scare sb out of doing sth jdn so ängstigen, dass er etw nicht tut
PHRASES:
to \scare the life [or the living daylights] out of sb jdn zu Tode erschrecken;
to \scare the pants off sb jdn unglaublich erschrecken;
to \scare sb shitless (vulg) jdn höllisch erschrecken (fam)
to \scare sb stiff [or witless] [or out of his wits] [or to death] jdn zu Tode ängstigen vi erschrecken;
to \scare easily leicht erschrecken, schreckhaft sein

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