How is “scare off” used?

In The Intern (2015), one line is: “It's just to scare off burglars.”

Which movie is “scare off” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from The Intern (2015).

It's just to scare off burglars.

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句動詞

to make sb go away by frightening them; to make sb afraid of or nervous about doing sth, especially without intending to

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1
scare sb away / off
to make sb go away by frightening them
They managed to scare the bears away.
2
scare sb off
to make sb afraid of or nervous about doing sth, especially without intending to
Rising prices are scaring customers off.

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版