scare the life out of
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scare the life out of (third-person singular simple present scares the life out of, present participle scaring the life out of, simple past and past participle scared the life out of)
- (idiomatic) To scare something or someone to a great degree.
- Synonyms: scare to death, scare the living daylights out of, (vulgar) scare the shit out of