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- noun Plural form of
frightener .
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Examples
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A view from Rural Wales: Powys put the 'frighteners' on
Powys put the 'frighteners' on Glyn Davies 2007
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So he's putting the 'frighteners' on to try to force opposition AMs to come to an agreement.
Archive 2006-10-01 Glyn Davies 2006
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I stayed silent, cold, counting upon his undoubtedly dicey history to put the frighteners on him.
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns – Chapter 3 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009
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I stayed silent, cold, counting upon his undoubtedly dicey history to put the frighteners on him.
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That should put the frighteners on them. on July 15, 2008 at 9: 13 am | Reply Captain Cumswoggle
Knife Crime Spin. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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He faced no opposition because he put the frighteners on anyone daft enough to stand against him.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Indeed, cost saving programmes at TfL and Network Rail were announced long before the Conservatives put the frighteners on the public sector.
London's transport chief ready to defend capital spending 2010
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The Tories will try to put the frighteners on the floaters.
The British don't need to be hung up about a hung parliament 2010
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And given the attempt by the footballer's lawyers to restrict the sales of Rooney's Gold, the loathsome book about his life and times written by the equally feisty BBC hack John Sweeney, Wayne might also reasonably ask why, when the frighteners have been put on WHSmith and Waterstone's, his own employers – Manchester United – are selling it on the club's official website United Direct: £16.99 for the hardback he detests.
Diary 2010
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The real Lance Armstrong story could make a good movie, but that won't happen until he's passed away and isn't able to put the frighteners on people who get too close to the truth.
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