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scares the living daylights out of

scares the living daylights out of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scare the living daylights out of.

Meaning of scare the living daylights out of

Verb

scare the living daylights out of (third-person singular simple present scares the living daylights out of, present participle scaring the living daylights out of, simple past and past participle scared the living daylights out of)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To scare something or someone to a large degree.
    • Hi I am Kathryn Ann. I am a 47-year-old construction worker, I am married and have been for 28 years. I am also a cross dresser and have been as long as I can remember. I have never been out of the closet, but now the need to express myself is very strong! But scares the daylights out of me. I have...1999 March, Rachael, “Dear Rachael 3/99”, in TransGender Forum (offline archive), archived from the original on 25 Oct 2023
    Synonyms:
    scare to death

Questions about scares the living daylights out of

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

Words near scares the living daylights out of in the dictionary

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

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