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scares someone out of their wits

scares someone out of their wits is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scares someone out of their wits

What is scares someone out of their wits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scares someone out of their wits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scare someone out of their wits.

Words near scares someone out of their wits in the dictionary

  1. scares
  2. scares away
  3. scares into
  4. scares off
  5. scares someone out of their mind
  6. scares someone out of their wits
  7. scares someone to death
  8. scares straight
  9. scares the daylights out of
  10. scares the hell out of
  11. scares the hoes

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