for fear
由於害怕;生怕,以免
Fear, n.
1. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
Note: ☞ The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be thus expressed, -- apprehension, fear, dread, fright, terror.
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us. --Locke.
Where no hope is left, is left no fear. --Milton.
2. Script. (a) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being. (b) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
I will put my fear in their hearts. --Jer. xxxii. 40.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. --Ps. xxxiv. 11.
Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear. --Rom. xiii. 7.
3. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was. --Ps. liii. 5.
The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. --Shak.
For fear, in apprehension lest. “For fear you ne'er see chain nor money more.”