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scared someone to death

scared someone to death is the simple past and past participle of scare someone to death.

Meaning of scare someone to death

Verb

scare someone to death (third-person singular simple present scares someone to death, present participle scaring someone to death, simple past and past participle scared someone to death)

  1. (idiomatic) To frighten someone very much.

Questions about scared someone to death

What is scared someone to death the simple past and past participle of?
Scared someone to death is the simple past and past participle of scare someone to death.

Words near scared someone to death in the dictionary

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

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