How to pronounce “put the fear of god into”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• To cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.
• (idiomatic) To cause someone to fear abjectly in other contexts; to terrify completely.
• (idiomatic) To cause someone to obey through fear in other contexts; to terrify into submission.

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