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Scare straight

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results. idiomatic, transitive

    "Indeed, there is a streak of Reaganomics that believes the only way to motivate American workers is to scare them straight with unemployment charts."

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