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scaring someone to death

scaring someone to death is the present participle and gerund 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 scaring someone to death

What is scaring someone to death the present participle and gerund of?
Scaring someone to death is the present participle and gerund of scare someone to death.

Words near scaring someone to death in the dictionary

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

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