scare the pants off
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scare the pants off (third-person singular simple present scares the pants off, present participle scaring the pants off, simple past and past participle scared the pants off)
- (slang, idiomatic) To scare or startle someone thoroughly.
- He liked the water rides, but the big roller-coaster scared the pants off him.