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scares the life out of

scares the life out of is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scares the life out of

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

Words near scares the life out of in the dictionary

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

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