for fear of
Meaning
for fear of
In order to try to prevent the risk of a particular thing happening.
Examples
About 190,000 volunteered, further enhancing the numerical advantage the Union armies enjoyed over the Confederates, who did not dare emulate the equivalent manpower source for fear of fundamentally undermining the legitimacy of slavery.
After Franco’s death in 1975, the country’s politicians agreed to avoid confronting painful questions about Spain’s recent past for fear of undermining “national reconciliation.”
"Amazon is not going to do it, so it's up to us," says Jumpp, 58, who lost her job in July at an Amazon warehouse in Jeffersonville, Indiana, after she went on leave for fear of contracting the coronavirus and ran out of paid time off.
Among them are Daniel and his three companions, who refuse to touch the royal food and wine for fear of defilement.
Around 55 people died and close to a half of the city of 1.2 million people fled Surat for fear of the plague and of being quarantined.
As for other people hiding their travel history and symptoms for fear of social stigma, you can do better.