defreak
English
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editdefreak (third-person singular simple present defreaks, present participle defreaking, simple past and past participle defreaked)
- (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.
- (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freaked out; to calm down.
- 2016, Anna Maxted, Running In Heels, page 304:
- I tell myself this is progress. After all, the first step to defreaking arachnaphobes is to hand them a picture of a cute baby spider; the big-hairy-tarantula-fondling comes later.
Translations
editcause no longer to be freakish
cause no longer to be freaked out