Scare off

Scare sb/sth off : to make a person or an animal so frightened that they go away somewhere or near something

• Separable (optional)

• Example in context:

• The Celts believed that the dead returned to possess the living during that night, and so they opened their doors and provided food to the wandering good souls and wore costumes to scare off the evil ones.

Espantar/ahuyentar


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