scare story

collocation in English

meaningsofscareandstory

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scare
noun
uk
/skeər/us
/sker/
a sudden feeling of fear ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofscareandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscare story

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That is noscarestory.
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That is ascarestory.
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Has thatscarestorybeen realised?
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That is not ascarestory.
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Here we go again—here is anotherscarestory.
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That is not ascarestory, it is fact.
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Thescarestoryabout foreign ownership is simply not right.
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That deals with thescarestoryat the end of his remarks.
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Well, he felt strongly about that and that was not a "scarestory".
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It was ascarestoryput around for party political ends.
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It is not ascarestoryto say that pensioners could potentially suffer.
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Of course, it has an interest in not being abolished and will try everyscarestoryto save its skin.
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This is not ascarestory, but merely a call for a look at the precautionary principle.
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I suspect that that is not ascarestory—it is more likely to be the truth.
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His party has now abandoned itsscarestorythat unemployment this winter would be between 750,000 and 1 million.
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It was the promotion of thatscarestorythat was responsible for a large number of people not registering.
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It is not ascarestoryto talk about the private companies and the figures that they put forward.
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That is noscarestory-some of us believe that it might be brought about by a single currency.
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Too often it is thescarestoryand the threat of disaster which is the stuff of headlines.
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We spent long enough perfecting scaremongering ourselves to know when we see ascarestorybeing fomented.
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That one reference to a highly credible source should suggest that that is not ascarestory.
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Let us go back to the previousscarestory, namely, that people would spend more than they could afford on the lottery.
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He has spread ascarestoryabout a shortfall in tax revenues, by looking back at tax forecasts and comparing them with the revenue variants.
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It is wrong to try to instil fear in an important sector of the industry with ascarestorysuch as this.
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In some respects that is the best argument that has been presented, but it appeared to be something of ascarestory.
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