scare off
Example Sentences
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Investing in a company constructing data centers at scale for a limited numbers of equally ambitious customers comes with “inherent risks,” BofA said, but that shouldn’t scare off investors.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Losses can scare off inexperienced investors, and Zheng’s father had told her, “You cannot trust the market.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Local business owners say the park’s problems scare off customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
But it may be enough to scare off a neophyte.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
Back in Ohio people had them hooked to their fences or stuck out in their gardens to scare off the birds.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
