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 )

author Katie Anh calendar 2022-07-13 11:07

Meaning of Put the frighteners on (someone)

Synonyms:

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.

Other phrases about:

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

Grammar and Usage of Put the frighteners on (someone)

Verb Forms

  • put the frighteners on (someone)
  • puts the frighteners on (someone)
  • putting the frighteners on (someone)
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Eat my dust

To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.

Example:

You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.

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