put the fear of God into (English, verb)
expansion: put the fear of God into (third-person singular simple present puts the fear of God into, present participle putting the fear of God into, simple past and past participle put the fear of God into)
Senses:
glosses: To cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.
glosses: To cause someone to fear abjectly in other contexts; to terrify completely.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To cause someone to obey through fear in other contexts; to terrify into submission.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts the fear of God into
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting the fear of God into
tags: participle
present
form: put the fear of God into
tags: participle
past
form: put the fear of God into
tags: past
form: rub the fear of God into
tags: alternative