scare straight (English, verb)
expansion: scare straight (third-person singular simple present scares straight, present participle scaring straight, simple past and past participle scared straight)
Senses:
glosses: To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: scares straight
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: scaring straight
tags: participle
present
form: scared straight
tags: participle
past
form: scared straight
tags: past