1 If you make a noise, you'll scare off the animals.

2 The new Democratic Party is not likely to scare off voters.

3 Firecrackers are lit to scare off evil spirits.

4 U.S. companies fear the red tape will scare off customers.

5 Keep quiet, or you'll scare off away the bird.

6 Wearing garlic around your neck won't scare off evil . That's just an old wives tale.

7 The recall isn't enough to scare off Charles Mettler, who ordered an eggs Benedict on Tuesday when he stopped by Drake Diner's in Des Moines, Iowa.

8 Hanuman langurs are trained in New Delhi to scare off aggressive rhesus monkeys and other wild animals that might roam into public spaces and cause mischief.

9 But his generous offer was high enough to scare off potential private - equity bidders.

10 The bombardier beetle's name might scare off predators if they knew it.

11 The threat of the government taking stakes would scare off some private investors.

12 Freeman's crazy antics didn't scare off potential patients, though: John F. Kennedy's sister Rosemary got a lobotomy from Freeman,[] which left her a vegetable for the rest of her life.

13 The business community rallied to him for fear that Duke's election would scare off tourism and outside investors.

14 Bushwhacking is also a term for using a machete to hack through thick jungle grass or undergrowth, which is used more to scare off animals near you than to carve a path.

15 Their notable finds included a deep-sea shark that swells its size by filling its stomach with water to scare off other predators, and a starfish that eats only driftwood.

16 There he and Lolo kept turtles, a monkey and even a baby crocodile — once deployed by the young Berry to scare off some local boys who were causing trouble.

17 This is a fake video camera which you fix to your wall to scare off burglars.

18 As the story goes, people would make noise to scare off the dog and rescue the sun, said Bill Yeung, president of the Hong Kong Astronomical Society.

19 The sailfish uses it for defense, raising it to scare off possible predators.

1 If you make a noise, you'll scare off the animals.