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do someone a frighten

do someone a frighten verb: to frighten someone.

Verb

do someone a frighten (third-person singular simple present does someone a frighten, present participle doing someone a frighten, simple past did someone a frighten, past participle done someone a frighten)

  1. (Internet, humorous) To frighten someone.
    • Together they hiked until they came upon a crevasse that was too wide to leap. To get across, they would have to climb down into the crevasse, cross over on a sliver of ice that served as a quasi bridge, then climb back up. Which did Stickeen a frighten. The previously unfazed dog was suddenly very...2019 October, Mackenzi Lee, The History of the World in Fifty Dogs, Abrams, →ISBN

Forms of do someone a frighten

third-person singular presentdoes someone a frighten
present participledoing someone a frighten
pastdid someone a frighten
past participledone someone a frighten

Origin of do someone a frighten

Intentionally incorrect grammar for comedic purposes; compare do a listen and can haz. Originated with the “Stop It Son, You Are Doing Me a Frighten” meme; first known use is on 8 November 2015, in an iFunny post by watarimono.

Questions about do someone a frighten

What does do someone a frighten mean?
Do someone a frighten means to frighten someone.
What part of speech is do someone a frighten?
Do someone a frighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of do someone a frighten?
The past tense of do someone a frighten is did someone a frighten.

Words near do someone a frighten in the dictionary

  1. do out of
  2. do over
  3. do porridge
  4. do right by
  5. do somebody wrong
  6. do someone a frighten
  7. do someone brown
  8. do someone dirt
  9. do someone dirty
  10. do someone like that
  11. do someone one better

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