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Collocations for fright - noun

1. fear

ADJECTIVE

stage

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VERB + fright

take
be shaking with, be trembling with
die of (informal)
He almost died of fright when the fish jumped out of the water.

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PREPOSITION

in fright
She cried out in fright.
with fright
They stood there, frozen with fright.
fright at
The birds took fright at the sight of the cat and flew off.

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2. sudden feeling of fear

ADJECTIVE

terrible

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VERB + fright

get, have
Leah got such a fright that she dropped the tray.
I had a terrible fright this morning when I saw you there.
give sb

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PHRASES

a bit of a fright (esp. BrE), the fright of sb's life
You gave me the fright of my life, jumping out like that!
quite a fright

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