v

get a scare; have a fright; get a fright; become frightened; become scared; chicken out (Ivan Pisarev); back down (Ivan Pisarev); back out (Ivan Pisarev); bow out (Ivan Pisarev); wimp out (Ivan Pisarev); get cold feet (Ivan Pisarev); beg off (Ivan Pisarev); shy away (Ivan Pisarev); puss out (Ivan Pisarev); get the jitters (Ivan Pisarev); back-pedal (Ivan Pisarev); run scared (Ivan Pisarev); be frightened (Ivan Pisarev); jump out of one's skin (Ivan Pisarev); funk out (Ivan Pisarev); have no stomach (Ivan Pisarev); backtrack on (Ivan Pisarev); lose the nerve (Ivan Pisarev); flake out (Ivan Pisarev); shrink back (Ivan Pisarev); duck out (Ivan Pisarev); beat a retreat (Ivan Pisarev); take flight (Ivan Pisarev); make a quick exit (Ivan Pisarev); scuttle off (Ivan Pisarev); slither away (Ivan Pisarev); lose the heart (Ivan Pisarev)

Gruzovik

be frightened of (pf of пугаться); be scared of (pf of пугаться); take fright at (pf of пугаться)

Игорь Миг

get skittish

amer.

get spooked (Val_Ships)

amer., inf.

scare

inf.

be scared shitless (Andrey Truhachev)

vulg.

cacking it

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gen.

shake the ghost into (кого-либо); startle; send a chill down someone's back (т.е. букв. "вызывать мурашки по коже" Юрий Павленко); affright; put in fear; put smb. into a fright (кого́-л.); scare sb. off (кого-л.); scare smb. off (кого-л.); make a mess of (The heavy rain has made a real mess of the garden); scare; give a fright (кого-либо); make hair curl (кого-либо); make afraid (кого-либо); put into a fright (кого́-л.); consternate; give a start (кого-либо); intimidate; threaten (with); alarm; scarify; startle (внезапным появлением, звуком и т.п., (examples provided by ART Vancouver) • The phone rang and it startled me. • Tell Grandma we have a contractor working on the kitchen cabinets tomorrow. Just so it does not startle her.); send chills down someone's back (т.е. букв. "вызывать мурашки по коже" Юрий Павленко); give somebody a fright (кого-либо); catch off guard (Ivan Pisarev); surprise (Ivan Pisarev); take by surprise (Ivan Pisarev); ambush (Ivan Pisarev); catch unawares (Ivan Pisarev); take unprepared (Ivan Pisarev); catch unaware (Ivan Pisarev); catch by surprise (Ivan Pisarev); hit unexpectedly (Ivan Pisarev); spring on (Ivan Pisarev); shock (Ivan Pisarev); bewilder (Ivan Pisarev); trap unexpectedly (Ivan Pisarev); catch suddenly (Ivan Pisarev); take unaware (Ivan Pisarev); surprise unexpectedly (Ivan Pisarev); catch off balance (Ivan Pisarev); catch flat-footed (Ivan Pisarev); catch napping (Ivan Pisarev)

Gruzovik

intimidate (pf of пугать); frighten

amer.

spook (Bear and man spook each other. 4uzhoj)

idiom.

curl hair (z484z); make someone's hair curl (z484z)

inf.

give someone a scare (Andrey Truhachev); give someone kittens (the thought of going there today gives me kittens Irboya); get going (особ. если речь о розыгрыше/ложной тревоге • Good one, guys! You really got me going there Ремедиос_П)

Makarov.

put the wind up (someone – кого-либо); shake the ghost into (someone – кого-либо); give someone a scare (кого-либо)

put the wind up; buffalo

UK

make someone jump (sorry for making you jump! terrarristka)

напугал! v

gen.

yeah, you have me shaking in my boots! (APN)

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: 112 phrases in 15 subjects

American usage, not spelling	6
Australian	1
Contextual meaning	1
Explanatory translation	1
Figurative	1
Figure of speech	1
General	40
Idiomatic	14
Informal	17
Makarov	20
Nonstandard	1
Obsolete / dated	1
Rude	3
Slang	4
Vulgar	1

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