fear for (someone or something)

fear for (someone or something)

To be concerned or worried about someone or something. I just fear for you going out all alone so late at night. The sight of my boys with a ball in the house makes me fear for all of our valuables!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fear for someone or something

to be afraid for the safety of someone or something; to worry about someone or something. I fear for Tom. He has gone to a very dangerous place. I don't want to go down that rocky trail. I fear for my car.
See also: fear
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fear for
  • on sight
  • do something on sight
  • absent (oneself) from (someone or something)
  • absent oneself from
  • a sight
  • be (with)in sight
  • be in/within sight
  • come into sight
  • catch sight of