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scares someone to death

scares someone to death is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scares someone to death

What is scares someone to death the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scares someone to death is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scare someone to death.

Words near scares someone to death in the dictionary

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

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