put the fear of God into

Verb

 * 1) To cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.
 * 2)  To cause someone to fear abjectly in other contexts; to terrify completely.
 * 3) * 1915 August, Red Feather, 86/1:
 * It was the ‘minnie-woffers’ which put the fear of God into them.
 * 1)  To cause someone to obey through fear in other contexts; to terrify into submission.

Translations

 * German: das Fürchten lehren ,