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scared someone out of their wits

scared someone out of their wits is the simple past and past participle of scare someone out of their wits.

Meaning of scare someone out of their wits

Verb

scare someone out of their wits (third-person singular simple present scares someone out of their wits, present participle scaring someone out of their wits, simple past and past participle scared someone out of their wits)

  1. (informal, transitive) To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally.
    • He scared me out of my wits, sneaking up behind me in the dark like that.
    Synonyms:
    frighten someone out of their wits

Questions about scared someone out of their wits

What is scared someone out of their wits the simple past and past participle of?
Scared someone out of their wits is the simple past and past participle of scare someone out of their wits.

Words near scared someone out of their wits in the dictionary

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  2. scared red
  3. scared shirtless
  4. scared shitless
  5. scared someone out of their mind
  6. scared someone out of their wits
  7. scared someone to death
  8. scared spitless
  9. scared stiff
  10. scared straight
  11. scared the daylights out of

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