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scared the life out of

scared the life out of is the simple past and past participle of scare the life out of.

Meaning of scare the life out of

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.

Questions about scared the life out of

What is scared the life out of the simple past and past participle of?
Scared the life out of is the simple past and past participle of scare the life out of.

Words near scared the life out of in the dictionary

  1. scared stiff
  2. scared straight
  3. scared the daylights out of
  4. scared the hell out of
  5. scared the hoes
  6. scared the life out of
  7. scared the living daylights out of
  8. scared the pants off
  9. scared the shit out of
  10. scared to death
  11. scared up

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