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Collocations for fright - noun

1. fear

VERB + FRIGHT

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

PREP.

in ~
She cried out in fright.
with ~
They were paralysed with fright.
~ at
The birds took fright at the sight of the cat and flew off.

2. sudden feeling of fear

ADJ.

awful, bad, dreadful, nasty, terrible

VERB + FRIGHT

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

PHRASES

a bit of a fright, the fright of your life
You gave me the fright of my life, jumping out like that!
quite a fright

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