scare

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskɛər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/skɛr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(skâr)

Inflections of 'scare' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
scares
v 3rd person singular
scaring
v pres p
scared
v past
scared
v past p

Collocations for "scare"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "scare" in context.

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scare

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. scare a [child, friend, cat]
  2. you don't scare me
  3. you scared me!
  4. scared me (half) to death
  5. scared him by [screaming, jumping out]
  6. scared the [daylights, living daylights, life] out of her
  7. slang: scared the [bejesus, heck]
  8. slang: scared the pants off (of) her
  9. what scares me most is
  10. the thing that scares me most is
  11. scare off the [wolves, scavengers]
  12. scare off the [thieves, burglars, intruders]
  13. scared away the [wolves]
  14. scared the [wolves] [off, away]
  15. [she, the horse, the cat] scares easily
  16. scare [children, him, the audience]
  17. she is (not) scared easily
  18. [don't, doesn't] scare easily
  19. scared me when you [disappeared, ran off, wouldn't pick up]
  20. scares me to [think, imagine]
  21. scare off [crows, thieves, evil spirits]
  22. scare (the) [crows] off
  23. scare away [crows]
  24. scare (the) [crows] away
  25. [the scenes, the attack, his behavior] scared them off
  26. scared them into [admitting, confessing, talking]
  27. [designed, meant, intended, created] to scare
  28. scare up (some) [money, wood, branches, logs]
  29. scare (some) [money] up
  30. if you can scare (me) up [a, some]
n
  1. a [health, bomb, bug, food, phone, security, cancer] scare
  2. survived the [health] scare
  3. [postponed, canceled, put off] due to a [health] scare
  4. a [minor, major, brief, serious, late, big] scare
  5. an [outbreak, epidemic, injury] scare
  6. was [just, only] a minor scare
  7. you gave me quite the scare!
  8. gave the family a [real, serious] scare [by, when]
  9. got a scare when he stopped [speaking, breathing]
  10. [warned, informed, advised] about a privacy scare
  11. the team weathered a [final-minute, late] scare
  12. in order to [prevent, avoid] further scares
n as adj
  1. [hoax, false] scare stories
  2. [use, employ, resort to] scare tactics (to)
'scare' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
boo - cancer - graveyard - scarecrow

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