His job had been to put the frighteners on various shopkeepers. (Suppl) — Этому члену шайки было поручено держать в страхе лавочников.
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put the frighteners on — ► put the frighteners on Brit. informal threaten or intimidate. Main Entry: ↑frightener … English terms dictionary
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 Brit. — put the frighteners on Brit. informal threaten or intimidate (someone). → frighten someone off … English new terms dictionary
put the frighteners on somebody — put the ˈfrighteners on sb idiom (BrE, slang) to threaten sb in order to make them do what you want Main entry: ↑frightenersidiom … Useful english dictionary
put the frighteners on (someone) — vb British to 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
the frighteners — n pl See put the frighteners on (someone) … Contemporary slang
put the frighteners on someone — British informal to threaten someone in order to make them do something … 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
frighteners — UK [ˈfraɪt(ə)nə(r)z] / US [ˈfraɪt(ə)nərz] noun [plural] put the frighteners on someone … English dictionary
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy — This article is about the Peter Jackson film trilogy. For other films, see The Lord of the Rings (film). The Lord of the Rings trilogy The poster for the trilogy is a montage that features a range of characters and scenes from all three movies … Wikipedia
