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scaring someone out of their wits

scaring someone out of their wits is the present participle and gerund 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 scaring someone out of their wits

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

Words near scaring someone out of their wits in the dictionary

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

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