- 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. 2004.
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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 — UK [ˈfraɪt(ə)nə(r)z] / US [ˈfraɪt(ə)nərz] noun [plural] put the frighteners on someone … English dictionary
frighteners — n. frightening person; thing that frightens somebody … English contemporary dictionary
frighteners — frightˈeners plural noun (slang; also in sing) Something intended to frighten, esp for criminal purposes • • • Main Entry: ↑fright … Useful english dictionary
The Frighteners — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel The Frighteners Produktionsland Neuseeland, USA … Deutsch Wikipedia
The Frighteners — Infobox Film name = The Frighteners image size = caption = Theatrical poster for The Frighteners director = Peter Jackson producer = Robert Zemeckis writer = Fran Walsh Peter Jackson narrator = starring = Michael J. Fox Trini Alvarado John Astin… … Wikipedia
The Frighteners — Título Muertos de miedo (México) Agárrame esos fantasmas (España) Ficha técnica Dirección Peter Jackson Producción Peter Jackson … Wikipedia Español
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
The Frighteners (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Frighteners title orig = translator = image caption = 1989 paperback edition author = Donald Hamilton cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Matt Helm genre = Spy novel publisher = Ballantine| … Wikipedia
the frighteners — n pl See put the frighteners on (someone) … Contemporary slang
