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afraid for someone/something
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feeling fear or worry about something bad that might happen, or the possibility that someone might be harmed:
So far, he has seen no reason to be afraid for his safety (= be worried that he was not safe).
"I'm afraid for my family," said the mother of five.
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afraid
He told reporters that he left the country because he was afraid for his life (= afraid that he might be killed).
Many people here are afraid for the future.
The expression on his face suggested that he was genuinely afraid for his job.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Afraid
afraid
afraid of someone/something
be in fear of your lifephrase
be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom
bottle
bottle out
goosey
gun-shy
have a horror of somethingidiom
horror-struck
in terror of your lifeidiom
leaf
panic
shake
shit a brickidiom
squirrelly
terrified
terror
terror-stricken
threatened
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