frighten someone or an animal into something
- frighten someone or an animal into something
frighten someone or an animal into something
1. and
frighten someone or an animal in† to scare someone or an animal into entering something or some place. •
The trouble in the neighborhood frightened most of the residents into their houses.
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The mouse was out of its hole, but we came in and frightened the little mouse back in.
2. to scare someone or an animal into a particular state. •
They frightened me into a quivering mass.
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The mouse was frightened into a state of confusion.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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