scare off

Teammates called for his coronation as quarterback, and Riley, in his post-game press conference, joked that Moss had probably scared off any potential transfers anyway.

Lily Lesh, 25, from Cardiff, said she had never had the implant after being "scared off by the horror stories".

Orsi struck a business-friendly note in his campaign, saying that he planned to avoid raising taxes that could scare off investors.

He has complained about military recruitment ads that feature diverse service members, arguing that the threat of being exposed to different kinds of people would scare off "guys in Kentucky and Colorado and Ohio."

At the time, USC coach Lincoln Riley, who said he would seek a quarterback in the transfer portal, joked that Moss’ performance “may have scared off anybody that would want to come here anyway.”