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)

  1. (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