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for fear

[for fear] Because of fear. * /He left an hour early for fear of missing his train./ * /She worried for fear that the child would be hurt./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

for fear of

[for fear of] {adv. phr.} Because of being afraid of something; on account of being scared. * /Dave refuses to go to Europe for fear of an airplane crash and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fear and trembling

[fear and trembling] or [fear and trepidation] {n. phr.} Great fear. * /He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

in fear of

[in fear of] {adj. phr.} Fearful of; afraid of. * /They live so close to the border that they are constantly in fear of an enemy attack./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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