take fright

phrase

: to suddenly become afraid

I approached very slowly, but the hawk took fright and flew away.

Investors took fright at the news and pulled their money.

Examples of take fright in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Investors seemed to take fright after Anthropic’s mid-2025 release of Claude for Financial Services, a version of the AI company’s large language model aimed at the bankers, brokers and investors who make up LSEG’s customer base. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026

That inflationary hit could be compounded if investors take fright and sell the pound, putting additional upward pressure on import costs. — Joe Mayes, Bloomberg.com, 16 Oct. 2020

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