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scaring someone out of their mind

scaring someone out of their mind is the present participle and gerund of scare someone out of their mind.

Meaning of scare someone out of their mind

Verb

scare someone out of their mind (third-person singular simple present scares someone out of their mind, present participle scaring someone out of their mind, simple past and past participle scared someone out of their mind)

  1. Synonym of scare someone out of their wits (“to frighten greatly”).
    • He scared me out of my mind, sneaking up behind me in the dark like that.

Questions about scaring someone out of their mind

What is scaring someone out of their mind the present participle and gerund of?
Scaring someone out of their mind is the present participle and gerund of scare someone out of their mind.

Words near scaring someone out of their mind in the dictionary

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

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