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scare the life out of

scare the life out of verb: to scare something or someone to a great degree.

Verb

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 of scare the life out of

Forms of scare the life out of

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

Questions about scare the life out of

What does scare the life out of mean?
Scare the life out of means to scare something or someone to a great degree.
What part of speech is scare the life out of?
Scare the life out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of scare the life out of?
The past tense of scare the life out of is scared the life out of.

Words near scare the life out of in the dictionary

  1. scare the bejeebers out of
  2. scare the daylights out of
  3. scare the hell out of
  4. scare the hoes
  5. scare the horses
  6. scare the life out of
  7. scare the living daylights out of
  8. scare the pants off
  9. scare the shit out of
  10. scare up
  11. scare-babe

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