English Dictionary

put the fear of God into

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.

He tried to put the fear of God into his opponents.

意味（1）

To cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To cause someone to fear abjectly in other contexts; to terrify completely.

It was the ‘minnie-woffers’ which put the fear of God into them.

意味（3）

(idiomatic) To cause someone to obey through fear in other contexts; to terrify into submission.

Well, I'll continue to put the fear of God into the troops for as long as I can... but there comes a time... We're nowhere near it yet, of course...