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Discover LudwigThe phrase "scare someone" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when describing an action that causes fear or fright in another person. Example: "The sudden loud noise from the alley was enough to scare someone walking by."
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"I only need it to scare someone off," he said.
After all, if the knotweed scared me, I am sure it could scare someone else in my position.
He added, "If you want to scare someone, call them up and tell them I said they should buy Lehman Brothers".
Coming when he was in a position to actually hang up a score that might scare someone, it was a masterpiece for any golfer, let alone a wounded one.
At another point, he places a gun inside an Évian water bottle and threatens to use this as a silencer, but this time he wants only to scare someone and extract important information.
Wanna scare someone?
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"If that scares someone off, I can't do anything about that".
The people in my band were all partying so hard that I was scared someone was going to die.
It is horrible because you are violated, you are scared, someone else takes control of your body and hurts you in the most intimate way.
Up until a few weeks ago I was scared someone would call, but now I feel like I'm getting closer to that comeback.
She was held there for a week after she was cut by Bobby and Frankie B. b/c they was scared someone would get the law".
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