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scare the bejeebers out of

scare the bejeebers out of verb: to terrify thoroughly.

Verb

scare the bejeebers out of (third-person singular simple present scares the bejeebers out of, present participle scaring the bejeebers out of, simple past and past participle scared the bejeebers out of)

  1. (slang, transitive) To terrify thoroughly.
    Synonyms:
    scare out of one's wits, scare the pants off

Synonyms of scare the bejeebers out of

Forms of scare the bejeebers out of

third-person singular presentscares the bejeebers out of
present participlescaring the bejeebers out of
past participlescared the bejeebers out of
pastscared the bejeebers out of

Questions about scare the bejeebers out of

What does scare the bejeebers out of mean?
Scare the bejeebers out of means to terrify thoroughly.
What part of speech is scare the bejeebers out of?
Scare the bejeebers out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of scare the bejeebers out of?
The past tense of scare the bejeebers out of is scared the bejeebers out of.

Words near scare the bejeebers out of in the dictionary

  1. scare stories
  2. scare story
  3. scare straight
  4. scare tactic
  5. scare tactics
  6. scare the bejeebers out of
  7. scare the daylights out of
  8. scare the hell out of
  9. scare the hoes
  10. scare the horses
  11. scare the life out of

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