scare

B2Frequent NGSL-3

UK /skeə(r)/US /sker/

Meaning

noun

a situation in which a lot of people are anxious or frightened about something

“a health scare”

verb

to frighten somebody

“scare somebody, You scared me.”

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“and scare the hell out of people.”

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