Citations:scare someone out of their mind
English citations of scare someone out of their mind
verb: synonym of scare someone out of their wits
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- 2004, Robert DeCaroli, “Making Believers” (chapter 2), in Haunting the Buddha[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:
- […] if the Buddha cannot answer his question he will scare him out of his mind, rend his heart or seize him by the feet, and throw him over the Ganges.
- 2019 September 12 [2017 January 18], Lexi Buchanan, “Prologue: 8 Weeks Ago ~ Diego”, in Love in Flame[5], HFCA Publishing House:
- What does scare me out of my mind is that she'll pass me over for someone closer to her own age before she gives me a chance.