scare off

It was close enough to see their prey, but not close enough to be seen and scare off their victims.

The mere mention of my name is enough to scare off any brave man of the world.

An ultrasonic signal that's undetectable to the human ear will scare off the varmint from up to 65 feet away.

Corporate VCs can be great, but make sure the deal does not come with strings attached that would scare off other potential acquirers.

I hope that this will not scare off half of my potential readers.

I hope that this will not scare off half of my potential reader.

Financial and regional analysts say that Vietnam's recent problems, including the Vinashin default, may scare off some foreign investors.

The police action will scare off members of the public and other students from joining any demonstrations. ? ? ?

'I'm worried that we'll scare off the donor, ' says Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, the chancellor of the academy of sciences.

But surely, I thought, such stipulations are meant to scare off people shopping for coverage after they discover they need surgery.

They were convinced that the loud noise created by firecrackers would scare off evil spirits and bad luck.

The decoy camera can be fixed to the wall to scare off burglars.

But they are expected to pick any controls carefully, wary of adopting draconian measures that would scare off foreign investors for good.

A defence ministry statement called the murders "cowardly acts by criminal organisations seeking to scare off the armed forces. "

But if neither submits and roars don't scare off the opposition, let battle commence!

It is said that in the old days, firecrackers were used on Spring Festival to scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.

Fireworks were invented by the Chinese as entertainment, but were later used to scare off enemies in times of war.

If efficient-market theory cannot kill the carry trade, why don't volatile returns, and the occasional massive loss, scare off investors?

It emits pulses to scare off the carp or knock them unconscious if they don't turn back.

Threats are usually sufficient to show discontent to scare off rivals, but they don't always work.

To scare off predators, this shark can balloon to twice its normal size by filling its stomach with air or water.

If you make a noise, you'll scare off the animals.

Cross-border deals scare off most investors, certainly American ones.

"It's going to scare off the smart money, " Seaney says.

They lighted a fire to scare off the wolves.

Our masks will scare off the spirits!

yea of course ill show some images to scare off some peeps. its been seen many times you will go ahh!

In another industry, losses like that might scare off an investor.

He lit afire to scare off the wolves.

might scare off potential ladies though, huh?

The bombardier beetle's name might scare off predators if they knew it.

The invertebrates use some colors to scare off potential predators and other hues to blend in with their surroundings.

The threat of the government taking stakes would scare off some private investors.

Keep quiet, or you'll scare off (away) the bird.

What four letters would scare off a burglar ?

What four letters can scare off a burglar?

This is a fake video camera which you fix to your wall to scare off burglars.

Don't get closer, or you will scare off those cute birds.

What has been previously stated by other poster is it will scare off every investor for the next 20 years.

The lack of hard science is enough to scare off my friend.

We do want to scare off people who are not right for the programme.

So who am I here to scare off?

The result has been to scare off economists and bankers who had already been thinking about offering their services.

He thought he could overwhelm and scare off Hung-chien with the forbidding mannerism of Mussolini or Hitler

Today's firecrackers and fireworks aren't just for making noises to scare off evil spirits;

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light a fire to scare off the wolves