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send a shiver down someone's spine

send a shiver down someone's spine is the alternative form of send shivers down someone's spine.

Meaning of send shivers down someone's spine

Verb

send shivers down someone's spine (third-person singular simple present sends shivers down someone's spine, present participle sending shivers down someone's spine, simple past and past participle sent shivers down someone's spine)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
    • Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine.

Forms of send a shiver down someone's spine

third-person singular presentsends a shiver down someone's spine
present participlesending a shiver down someone's spine
past participlesent a shiver down someone's spine
pastsent a shiver down someone's spine

Questions about send a shiver down someone's spine

What is send a shiver down someone's spine the alternative form of?
Send a shiver down someone's spine is the alternative form of send shivers down someone's spine.

Words near send a shiver down someone's spine in the dictionary

  1. SENCOs
  2. SENCOTEN
  3. send
  4. send a boy to do a man's job
  5. send a message
  6. send a shiver down someone's spine
  7. send about one's business
  8. send around
  9. send away
  10. send away for
  11. send back

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