frighten someone or an animal into doing something
- frighten someone or an animal into doing something
frighten someone or an animal into doing something
to threaten someone or an animal into doing something. •
You can't frighten me into leaving!
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Let's try to frighten the coyotes into running away.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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