FOR FEAR OF STH / OF DOING STH


Meaning of FOR FEAR OF STH / OF DOING STH in English

for fear of sth / of doing sth | for fear (that) ...

to avoid the danger of sth happening :

We spoke quietly for fear of waking the guards.

I had to run away for fear (that) he might one day kill me.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.