Put the frighteners on (someone) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "put the frighteners on (someone)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Katie Anh

2022-07-13 11:07

throw a scare into (someone)

Put the frighteners on (someone) phrasal verb negative spoken language

If you "put the frighteners on someone", you frighten or threaten them.

They put the frighteners on the witness to ask him not to tell the truth.

The bullies put the frighteners on him by breaking the stuff in his house.

The bank has put the frighteners on those whose mortgages are in arrears by sending them warning letters.

His parents try to put the frighteners on him to make him study harder.

I'm not stupid or easily scared.

put the frighteners on somebody

To threaten someone.

chill (one) to the bone

Make someone extremely frightened

be dead meat

To be in serious trouble

scare the shit out of (one)

To frighten or terrify someone abruptly or severely

The verb should be conjugated with its tense.