- put the frighteners on (someone)
- vbBritishto menace, threaten or intimidate (some-one). An underworld and police expres-sion employing a familiar form of words (as in put the bite/kybosh/mockers on).
Contemporary slang . 2014.
put the frighteners on (someone)
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put the frighteners on someone — (slang) To frighten someone into (not) doing something, esp for criminal purposes • • • Main Entry: ↑fright * * * put the frighteners on someone british informal phrase to threaten someone in order to make them do something Thesaurus: to make… … Useful english dictionary
put the frighteners on someone — British informal to threaten someone in order to make them do something … English dictionary
put the frighteners on Brit. — put the frighteners on Brit. informal threaten or intimidate (someone). → frighten someone off … English new terms dictionary
the frighteners — n pl See put the frighteners on (someone) … Contemporary slang
frighteners — UK [ˈfraɪt(ə)nə(r)z] / US [ˈfraɪt(ə)nərz] noun [plural] put the frighteners on someone … English dictionary
frighteners — fright|en|ers [ˈfraıtn əz US ərz] n [plural] BrE informal put the frighteners on sb to make someone do what you want by threatening them … Dictionary of contemporary English
frighteners — noun (plural) BrE slang put the frighteners on sb to make someone do what you want by threatening them … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
frightener — noun a frightening person or thing. ↘Brit. informal a member of a criminal gang who intimidates its victims. Phrases put the frighteners on Brit. informal threaten or intimidate (someone) … English new terms dictionary
frightener — /ˈfraɪtənə/ (say fruytuhnuh) Colloquial –noun 1. something or someone intended or employed to intimidate or frighten others. –phrase 2. put the frighteners on, to intimidate; scare; frighten; stand over …
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