noun
1 fear
ADJECTIVE
▪ stage
VERB + FRIGHT
▪ take
▪ be shaking with , be trembling with
▪ die of ( informal )
▪
He almost died of ~ when the fish jumped out of the water.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
She cried out in ~.
▪ with ~
▪
They stood there, frozen with ~.
▪ ~ at
▪
The birds took ~ at the sight of the cat and flew off.
2 sudden feeling of fear
ADJECTIVE
▪ terrible
VERB + FRIGHT
▪ get , have
▪
Leah got such a ~ that she dropped the tray.
▪
I had a terrible ~ this morning when I saw you there.
▪ give sb
PHRASES
▪ a bit of a ~ ( esp. BrE ), the ~ of sb's life
▪
You gave me the ~ of my life, jumping out like that!
▪ quite a ~